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Oostende
Oostende is a small harbour on the North Sea, in Belgium. Its UN/LOCODE is BEOST. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Oostende offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Oostende
What members see for Oostende, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Oostende and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Oostende 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
- 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 Oostende, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Oostende
Other Belgium ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Oostende
What is the UN/LOCODE of Oostende?
The UN/LOCODE of Oostende is BEOST.
Is pilotage compulsory in Oostende?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Oostende as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Oostende?
Yes. Oostende offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Oostende have a dry dock?
Yes. Oostende has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Oostende a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Oostende.
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