Port profile · GLGOH
Nuuk
Nuuk is a small natural coastal harbour on the Labrador Sea, in Greenland. Its UN/LOCODE is GLGOH. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Nuuk offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. 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 Nuuk 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
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 188 m
- Draft
- 11 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Nuuk, 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
- Tide, ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Nuuk
Other Greenland ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ManiitsoqGreenland · GLJSU
- KangerlussuaqGreenland · GLSFJ
- PaamiutGreenland · GLJFR
- SisimiutGreenland · GLJHS
- QasigiannguitGreenland · GLJCH
- AasiaatGreenland · GLJEG
- IlulissatGreenland · GLJAV
- NarsaqGreenland · GLJNS
Questions about Nuuk
What is the UN/LOCODE of Nuuk?
The UN/LOCODE of Nuuk is GLGOH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Nuuk?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Nuuk as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Nuuk?
Yes. Nuuk offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Nuuk can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 188 m long, 11 m draft for Nuuk.
Is Nuuk a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Nuuk.
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