Port profile · GBLOW
Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBLOW. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Lowestoft offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Lowestoft
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Lowestoft 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 6 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Lowestoft, 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
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Lowestoft
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Great YarmouthUnited Kingdom · GBGTY
- FelixstoweUnited Kingdom · GBFXT
- HarwichUnited Kingdom · GBHRW
- IpswichUnited Kingdom · GBIPS
- RamsgateUnited Kingdom · GBRMG
- WhitstableUnited Kingdom · GBWTS
- Kings LynnUnited Kingdom · GBKLN
- DoverUnited Kingdom · GBDVR
Questions about Lowestoft
What is the UN/LOCODE of Lowestoft?
The UN/LOCODE of Lowestoft is GBLOW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Lowestoft?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Lowestoft as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Lowestoft?
Yes. Lowestoft offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Lowestoft have a dry dock?
Yes. Lowestoft has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Lowestoft can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 6 m draft for Lowestoft.
Is Lowestoft a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Lowestoft.
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