Port profile · CAPTO
Pictou
Pictou is a small natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CAPTO. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Pictou offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Pictou
What members see for Pictou, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Pictou, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Pictou right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Pictou day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Pictou and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Pictou 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Pictou, 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
- Ice, other
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- 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 Pictou
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GeorgetownCanada · CAGEO
- CharlottetownCanada · CACHA
- SourisCanada · CASOU
- Sheet HarbourCanada · CASHH
- PugwashCanada · CAPUG
- Musquodoboit HarbourCanada · CAMUS
- SonoraCanada · CASBE
- Port HastingsCanada · CAPHA
Questions about Pictou
What is the UN/LOCODE of Pictou?
The UN/LOCODE of Pictou is CAPTO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Pictou?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Pictou as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Pictou?
Yes. Pictou offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Pictou have a dry dock?
Yes. Pictou has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Pictou a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Pictou.
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