Port profile · SARAR
Khafji
Khafji is a small open roadstead on the Persian Gulf, in Saudi Arabia. Its UN/LOCODE is SARAR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Khafji offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Khafji
What members see for Khafji, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Khafji day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Khafji and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Khafji 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
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Khafji, 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, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Khafji
Other Saudi Arabia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Ras Al MishabSaudi Arabia · SARAM
- Al Jubayl Industrial CitySaudi Arabia · SAJBI
- Al JubailSaudi Arabia · SAJUB
- Juaymah TerminalSaudi Arabia · SAJUT
- Ras TanuraSaudi Arabia · SARTA
- DammamSaudi Arabia · SADMM
- RabighSaudi Arabia · SARAB
- King AbdullahSaudi Arabia · SAKAC
Questions about Khafji
What is the UN/LOCODE of Khafji?
The UN/LOCODE of Khafji is SARAR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Khafji?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Khafji as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Khafji?
Yes. Khafji offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Khafji a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Khafji.
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