Port profile · GBPLY
Plymouth
Plymouth is a medium natural coastal harbour on the English Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBPLY. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Plymouth offers fuel oil and diesel and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Plymouth
What members see for Plymouth, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Plymouth, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Plymouth right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Plymouth day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Plymouth and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Plymouth 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Large
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 Plymouth, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- 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 Plymouth
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FoweyUnited Kingdom · GBFOY
- Port Of ParUnited Kingdom · GBPAR
- Dartmouth GbUnited Kingdom · GBDTM
- TorquayUnited Kingdom · GBTOR
- MevagisseyUnited Kingdom · GBMVG
- BrixhamUnited Kingdom · GBBRX
- BidefordUnited Kingdom · GBBID
- TeignmouthUnited Kingdom · GBTNM
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Questions about Plymouth
What is the UN/LOCODE of Plymouth?
The UN/LOCODE of Plymouth is GBPLY.
Is pilotage compulsory in Plymouth?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Plymouth as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Plymouth?
Yes. Plymouth offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Plymouth have a dry dock?
Yes. Plymouth has a large dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Plymouth a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Plymouth.
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