Port profile · CALOU
Louisbourg
Louisbourg is a very small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CALOU. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Louisbourg 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 Louisbourg
What members see for Louisbourg, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Louisbourg, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Louisbourg right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Louisbourg day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Louisbourg and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Louisbourg 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
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Louisbourg, 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
- Ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- No
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Louisbourg
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Sydney Nova ScotiaCanada · CASYD
- North SydneyCanada · CANSY
- DingwallCanada · CADWL
- Port HawkesburyCanada · CAPHW
- Port HastingsCanada · CAPHA
- Port Aux BasquesCanada · CAPBQ
- SonoraCanada · CASBE
- SourisCanada · CASOU
Questions about Louisbourg
What is the UN/LOCODE of Louisbourg?
The UN/LOCODE of Louisbourg is CALOU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Louisbourg?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Louisbourg as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Louisbourg?
Yes. Louisbourg offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Louisbourg a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Louisbourg.
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