Port profile · MYSDK
Sandakan
Sandakan is a small natural coastal harbour on the Sulu Sea, in Malaysia. Its UN/LOCODE is MYSDK. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Sandakan offers diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Sandakan
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Sandakan and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Sandakan offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 199 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Draft
- 12 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Sandakan, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Sandakan
Other Malaysia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Lahad DatuMalaysia · MYLDU
- TawauMalaysia · MYTWU
- KudatMalaysia · MYKUD
- Kota KinabaluMalaysia · MYBKI
- LabuanMalaysia · MYLBU
- MiriMalaysia · MYMYY
- BintuluMalaysia · MYBTU
- SibuMalaysia · MYSBW
Questions about Sandakan
What is the UN/LOCODE of Sandakan?
The UN/LOCODE of Sandakan is MYSDK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Sandakan?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Sandakan as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Sandakan?
Yes. Sandakan offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Sandakan can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 199 m long, 32.3 m wide, 12 m draft for Sandakan.
Is Sandakan a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Sandakan.
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