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Port Kembla
Port Kembla is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Tasman Sea, in Australia. Its UN/LOCODE is AUPKL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Kembla offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Port Kembla
What members see for Port Kembla, 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 Kembla day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Port Kembla and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Port Kembla 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 16 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Kembla, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- No
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Port Kembla
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Port Kembla, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 2.7 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Port Kembla, and what was found.
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Questions about Port Kembla
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Kembla?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Kembla is AUPKL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Kembla?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Kembla as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Kembla?
Yes. Port Kembla offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Port Kembla can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 50 m wide, 16 m draft for Port Kembla.
Is Port Kembla a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Kembla.
How many port state control inspections are there in Port Kembla?
6 port state control inspections were recorded in Port Kembla in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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