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Port Elgin
Port Elgin is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Lake Huron, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CAPEL. Pilotage is compulsory. Port Elgin 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 Port Elgin
What members see for Port Elgin, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Port Elgin day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Port Elgin and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Port Elgin 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
- Moderate
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Elgin, 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
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- No
- Sanitation inspection
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
Ports near Port Elgin
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- PugwashCanada · CAPUG
- SummersideCanada · CASUM
- Shediac BayCanada · CASHE
- CharlottetownCanada · CACHA
- RichibuctoCanada · CARBT
- WindsorCanada · CAWDR
- PictouCanada · CAPTO
- HalifaxCanada · CAHAL
Questions about Port Elgin
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Elgin?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Elgin is CAPEL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Elgin?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Elgin as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Elgin?
Yes. Port Elgin offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Port Elgin a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Port Elgin as a first port of entry.
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