Port profile · NOKRS
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a small natural coastal harbour on the Skagerrak, in Norway. Its UN/LOCODE is NOKRS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kristiansand offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Kristiansand 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 200 m
- Draft
- 10.9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kristiansand, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Beach mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Kristiansand
Other Norway ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MandalNorway · NOMAN
- ArendalNorway · NOARE
- TvedestrandNorway · NOTVE
- FarsundNorway · NOFAN
- RisorNorway · NORIS
- FlekkefjordNorway · NOFFD
- KirkehamnNorway · NOKIR
- KrageroNorway · NOKRA
Questions about Kristiansand
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kristiansand?
The UN/LOCODE of Kristiansand is NOKRS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kristiansand?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kristiansand as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kristiansand?
Yes. Kristiansand offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Kristiansand have a dry dock?
Yes. Kristiansand has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Kristiansand can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 200 m long, 10.9 m draft for Kristiansand.
Is Kristiansand a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kristiansand.
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