Port profile · JMKIN
Kingston
Kingston is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Caribbean Sea, in Jamaica. Its UN/LOCODE is JMKIN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kingston offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Kingston
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Kingston day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Kingston and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Kingston 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 367 m
- Beam
- 51 m
- Draft
- 9.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kingston, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Kingston
Other Jamaica ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- Port AntonioJamaica · JMPOT
- Ocho RiosJamaica · JMOCJ
- Port KaiserJamaica · JMPKS
- Rio BuenoJamaica · JMRIB
- FalmouthJamaica · JMFMH
- Montego BayJamaica · JMMBJ
Questions about Kingston
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kingston?
The UN/LOCODE of Kingston is JMKIN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kingston?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kingston as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kingston?
Yes. Kingston offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kingston have a dry dock?
Yes. Kingston has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kingston can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 367 m long, 51 m wide, 9.7 m draft for Kingston.
Is Kingston a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kingston.
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