Port profile · USSFO
San Francisco
San Francisco is a large natural coastal harbour on the North Pacific Ocean, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USSFO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. San Francisco offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at San Francisco
What members see for San Francisco, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for San Francisco, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at San Francisco right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at San Francisco day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at San Francisco and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What San Francisco 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at San Francisco, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near San Francisco
Other United States ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BrisbaneUnited States · USBSA
- OaklandUnited States · USOAK
- Ballena IsleUnited States · USNGZ
- SausalitoUnited States · USJMC
- BerkeleyUnited States · USJBK
- RichmondUnited States · USRCH
- OleumUnited States · USOL2
- CrockettUnited States · USCRM
Questions about San Francisco
What is the UN/LOCODE of San Francisco?
The UN/LOCODE of San Francisco is USSFO.
Is pilotage compulsory in San Francisco?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in San Francisco as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in San Francisco?
Yes. San Francisco offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does San Francisco have a dry dock?
Yes. San Francisco has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is San Francisco a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at San Francisco.
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