Port profile · GBMNC
Manchester
Manchester is a large harbour on the Irish Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBMNC. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Manchester offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Manchester
What members see for Manchester, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Manchester, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Manchester right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Manchester day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Manchester and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Manchester 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Manchester, 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
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Manchester
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · GBLIV
- HeyshamUnited Kingdom · GBHYM
- FleetwoodUnited Kingdom · GBFLE
- MostynUnited Kingdom · GBCHE
- Barrow-In-FurnessUnited Kingdom · GBBIF
- Liverpool Bay TerminUnited Kingdom · GBLIB
- GooleUnited Kingdom · GBGOO
- HowdendykeUnited Kingdom · GBHDD
Questions about Manchester
What is the UN/LOCODE of Manchester?
The UN/LOCODE of Manchester is GBMNC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Manchester?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Manchester as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Manchester?
Yes. Manchester offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Manchester have a dry dock?
Yes. Manchester has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Manchester a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Manchester.
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