Port profile · USKWH
Kawaihae
Kawaihae is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USKWH. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kawaihae offers fuel oil, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Kawaihae offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kawaihae, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Kawaihae
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Questions about Kawaihae
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kawaihae?
The UN/LOCODE of Kawaihae is USKWH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kawaihae?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kawaihae as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kawaihae?
Yes. Kawaihae offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kawaihae have a dry dock?
Yes. Kawaihae has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Kawaihae a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kawaihae.
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