Port profile · PGKIM
Kimbe
Kimbe is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Bismarck Sea, in Papua New Guinea. Its UN/LOCODE is PGKIM. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Kimbe offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Kimbe
What members see for Kimbe, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Kimbe, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Kimbe right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Kimbe day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Kimbe and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Kimbe 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kimbe, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Turning area
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- No
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Kimbe
Other Papua New Guinea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BiallaPapua New Guinea · PGBAA
- RabaulPapua New Guinea · PGRAB
- KaviengPapua New Guinea · PGKVG
- LaePapua New Guinea · PGLAE
- Oro BayPapua New Guinea · PGROR
- MadangPapua New Guinea · PGMAG
- AlotauPapua New Guinea · PGGUR
- Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · PGPOM
Questions about Kimbe
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kimbe?
The UN/LOCODE of Kimbe is PGKIM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kimbe?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kimbe as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kimbe?
Yes. Kimbe offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Kimbe a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kimbe.
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