Port profile · AULST
Launceston
Launceston is a small natural river harbour on the Bass Strait, in Australia. Its UN/LOCODE is AULST. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Launceston offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a small 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 Launceston 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
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Launceston, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about Launceston
What is the UN/LOCODE of Launceston?
The UN/LOCODE of Launceston is AULST.
Is pilotage compulsory in Launceston?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Launceston as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Launceston?
Yes. Launceston offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Launceston have a dry dock?
Yes. Launceston has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Launceston a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Launceston.
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