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Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Alaska-Canada coastal waters, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CAPRR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Prince Rupert offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Prince Rupert 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Prince Rupert, 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, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Prince Rupert
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- Port AliceCanada · CAPAC
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Questions about Prince Rupert
What is the UN/LOCODE of Prince Rupert?
The UN/LOCODE of Prince Rupert is CAPRR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Prince Rupert?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Prince Rupert as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Prince Rupert?
Yes. Prince Rupert offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Prince Rupert have a dry dock?
Yes. Prince Rupert has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Prince Rupert a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Prince Rupert.
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