Port profile · NZPCN
Picton
Picton is a small river harbour with basins on the Cook Strait, in New Zealand. Its UN/LOCODE is NZPCN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Picton offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Picton
What members see for Picton, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Picton, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Picton right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Picton day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Picton and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Picton offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 362 m
- Draft
- 15.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Picton, 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, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Picton
Other New Zealand ports on the same stretch of coast.
- NelsonNew Zealand · NZNSN
- WellingtonNew Zealand · NZWLG
- TarakoheNew Zealand · NZTKH
- WanganuiNew Zealand · NZWAG
- New PlymouthNew Zealand · NZNPL
- WestportNew Zealand · NZWSZ
- LytteltonNew Zealand · NZLYT
- AkaroaNew Zealand · NZAKA
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Questions about Picton
What is the UN/LOCODE of Picton?
The UN/LOCODE of Picton is NZPCN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Picton?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Picton as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Picton?
Yes. Picton offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Picton can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 362 m long, 15.3 m draft for Picton.
Is Picton a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Picton.
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