Port profile · USMRH
Morehead City
Morehead City is a very small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USMRH. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Morehead City offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Morehead City 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Morehead City, 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
- Other
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- 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 Morehead City
Other United States ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BeaufortUnited States · USBFO
- New Bern GrandUnited States · USEWN
- BelhavenUnited States · USBPV
- SeapathUnited States · USWGC
- EdentonUnited States · USEDE
- Wilmington NcUnited States · USILM
- SouthportUnited States · USXMK
- Mariner'S WharfUnited States · USECG
Questions about Morehead City
What is the UN/LOCODE of Morehead City?
The UN/LOCODE of Morehead City is USMRH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Morehead City?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Morehead City as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Morehead City?
Yes. Morehead City offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Morehead City have a dry dock?
Yes. Morehead City has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Morehead City a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Morehead City.
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