Port profile · SJLYR
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Greenland Sea, in Norway. Its UN/LOCODE is SJLYR. Longyearbyen offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Longyearbyen
What members see for Longyearbyen, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Longyearbyen, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Longyearbyen right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Longyearbyen day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Longyearbyen and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Longyearbyen offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 333 m
- Draft
- 7.1 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Longyearbyen, 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
- Ice, other
- Overhead limits
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- No
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Port state control at Longyearbyen
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Longyearbyen, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 2.8 deficiencies on average. Most often found: certificates & documentation, life-saving appliances, structural condition, fire safety, ism (safety management).
See which ships were inspected and detained at Longyearbyen, and what was found.
Ports near Longyearbyen
Other Norway ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Longyearbyen
What is the UN/LOCODE of Longyearbyen?
The UN/LOCODE of Longyearbyen is SJLYR.
What is the largest vessel Longyearbyen can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 333 m long, 7.1 m draft for Longyearbyen.
How many port state control inspections are there in Longyearbyen?
5 port state control inspections were recorded in Longyearbyen in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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