Port profile · GBKWL
Kirkwall
Kirkwall is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBKWL. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Kirkwall 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 Kirkwall
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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 Kirkwall and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Kirkwall 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- None
- Slipway
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kirkwall, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Kirkwall
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Scapa PierUnited Kingdom · GBSCF
- St Margaret'S HopeUnited Kingdom · GBSGP
- LynessUnited Kingdom · GBLYS
- Pierowall, WestrayUnited Kingdom · GBPIE
- StromnessUnited Kingdom · GBSNS
- Whitehall PierUnited Kingdom · GBWHL
- Kettletoft PierUnited Kingdom · GBKET
- WickUnited Kingdom · GBWIC
Questions about Kirkwall
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kirkwall?
The UN/LOCODE of Kirkwall is GBKWL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kirkwall?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kirkwall as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kirkwall?
Yes. Kirkwall offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kirkwall have a dry dock?
No. The nautical port index lists no dry dock in Kirkwall.
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