Port profile · RUNVS
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Black Sea, in Russia. Its UN/LOCODE is RUNVS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Novorossiysk 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.
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Novorossiysk day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Novorossiysk and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Novorossiysk 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
- Large
- 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 Novorossiysk, 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
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Novorossiysk
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Novorossiysk, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 5.0 deficiencies on average. Most often found: safety of navigation, water/weathertight condition, labour conditions (mlc), certificates & documentation, emergency systems.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Novorossiysk, and what was found.
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Questions about Novorossiysk
What is the UN/LOCODE of Novorossiysk?
The UN/LOCODE of Novorossiysk is RUNVS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Novorossiysk?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Novorossiysk as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Novorossiysk?
Yes. Novorossiysk offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Novorossiysk have a dry dock?
Yes. Novorossiysk has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Novorossiysk a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Novorossiysk.
How many port state control inspections are there in Novorossiysk?
7 port state control inspections were recorded in Novorossiysk in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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