Port profile · CYLMS
Limassol
Limassol is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Mediterranean Sea, in Cyprus. Its UN/LOCODE is CYLMS. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Limassol 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 Limassol
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Limassol day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Limassol and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Limassol 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
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating 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 Limassol, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Port state control at Limassol
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Limassol, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 2.5 deficiencies on average. Most often found: certificates & documentation, pollution prevention, water/weathertight condition, safety of navigation, propulsion and auxiliary machinery.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Limassol, and what was found.
Ports near Limassol
Other Cyprus ports on the same stretch of coast.
- KaravostasiCyprus · CYKAR
- LarnacaCyprus · CYLCA
- KyreniaCyprus · CYKYR
- DhekeliaCyprus · CYDHK
- FamagustaCyprus · CYFMG
Questions about Limassol
What is the UN/LOCODE of Limassol?
The UN/LOCODE of Limassol is CYLMS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Limassol?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Limassol as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Limassol?
Yes. Limassol offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Limassol a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Limassol.
How many port state control inspections are there in Limassol?
5 port state control inspections were recorded in Limassol in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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