Port profile · MHKWA
Kwajalein
Kwajalein is a very small open roadstead on the North Pacific Ocean, in the Marshall Islands. Its UN/LOCODE is MHKWA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Kwajalein offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Kwajalein
What members see for Kwajalein, updated as vessels move.
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 Kwajalein and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Kwajalein 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
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 500 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Kwajalein, 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
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Kwajalein
Other Marshall Islands ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Kwajalein
What is the UN/LOCODE of Kwajalein?
The UN/LOCODE of Kwajalein is MHKWA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Kwajalein?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Kwajalein as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Kwajalein?
Yes. Kwajalein offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Kwajalein can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 500 m long for Kwajalein.
Is Kwajalein a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Kwajalein.
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