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Kolkata
Kolkata is a large natural river harbour on the Bay of Bengal, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INCCU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kolkata offers fuel oil, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Kolkata 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 171.9 m
- Beam
- 25 m
- Draft
- 6.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kolkata, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Kolkata
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Questions about Kolkata
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kolkata?
The UN/LOCODE of Kolkata is INCCU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kolkata?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kolkata as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kolkata?
Yes. Kolkata offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kolkata have a dry dock?
Yes. Kolkata has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kolkata can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 171.9 m long, 25 m wide, 6.8 m draft for Kolkata.
Is Kolkata a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kolkata.
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