Port profile · TWKEL
Keelung
Keelung is a large natural coastal harbour on the East China Sea, in Taiwan. Its UN/LOCODE is TWKEL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Keelung offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Keelung
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Keelung and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Keelung offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 347 m
- Beam
- 48.2 m
- Draft
- 16 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Keelung, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Ice breaking
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Dangerous cargo anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Ice mooring
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Container cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Keelung
Other Taiwan ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TaipeiTaiwan · TWTPE
- SuaoTaiwan · TWSUO
- HualienTaiwan · TWHUN
- TaichungTaiwan · TWTXG
- MailiaoTaiwan · TWMLI
- MagongTaiwan · TWMZG
- KaohsiungTaiwan · TWKHH
Questions about Keelung
What is the UN/LOCODE of Keelung?
The UN/LOCODE of Keelung is TWKEL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Keelung?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Keelung as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Keelung?
Yes. Keelung offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Keelung have a dry dock?
Yes. Keelung has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Keelung can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 347 m long, 48.2 m wide, 16 m draft for Keelung.
Is Keelung a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Keelung.
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