Port profile · ITMSN
Messina
Messina is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Mediterranean Sea, in Italy. Its UN/LOCODE is ITMSN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Messina 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 Messina
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Messina day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Messina and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Messina 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
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- 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 Messina, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Messina
Other Italy ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Villa San GiovanniItaly · ITVSG
- ReggioItaly · ITREG
- MilazzoItaly · ITMLZ
- Gioia TauroItaly · ITGIT
- Giardini NaxosItaly · ITGIA
- Porto Dell'Etna Di RItaly · ITRPT
- LipariItaly · ITLIP
- Vibo ValentiaItaly · ITVVA
Questions about Messina
What is the UN/LOCODE of Messina?
The UN/LOCODE of Messina is ITMSN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Messina?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Messina as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Messina?
Yes. Messina offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Messina have a dry dock?
Yes. Messina has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Messina a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Messina.
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