Port profile · CNSHK
Shekou
Shekou is a medium natural coastal harbour on the South China Sea, in China. Its UN/LOCODE is CNSHK. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Shekou offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Shekou
What members see for Shekou, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Shekou day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Shekou and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Shekou 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 400 m
- Beam
- 59 m
- Draft
- 16.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Shekou, 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, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Shekou
Other China ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ChiwanChina · CNCWN
- ShenzhenChina · CNSZX
- ShenzhenChina · CNSNZ
- YantianChina · CNYTN
- HuangpuChina · CNHUA
- Huangpu New PortChina · CNHUN
- HuizhouChina · CNHUI
- GuangzhouChina · CNGZG
Questions about Shekou
What is the UN/LOCODE of Shekou?
The UN/LOCODE of Shekou is CNSHK.
Is pilotage compulsory in Shekou?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Shekou as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Shekou?
Yes. Shekou offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Shekou can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 400 m long, 59 m wide, 16.5 m draft for Shekou.
Is Shekou a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Shekou.
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