Port profile · GBOBA
Oban
Oban is a small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBOBA. Oban offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Oban
What members see for Oban, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Oban, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Oban right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Oban day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Oban and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Oban 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Oban, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Oban
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GlensandaUnited Kingdom · GBGSA
- Craignure PierUnited Kingdom · GBCNU
- LochalineUnited Kingdom · GBLOL
- CrinanUnited Kingdom · GBCNC
- Ardrishaig BasinUnited Kingdom · GBASG
- Fort WilliamUnited Kingdom · GBFWM
- CorpachUnited Kingdom · GBCOR
- TarbertUnited Kingdom · GBTAR
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Questions about Oban
What is the UN/LOCODE of Oban?
The UN/LOCODE of Oban is GBOBA.
Can ships take bunkers in Oban?
Yes. Oban offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Oban a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Oban as a first port of entry.
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