Port profile · NOSKE
Skien
Skien is a small natural river harbour on the Skagerrak, in Norway. Its UN/LOCODE is NOSKE. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Skien offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Skien
What members see for Skien, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Skien right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Skien day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Skien and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Skien 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Skien, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Skien
Other Norway ports on the same stretch of coast.
- PorsgrunnNorway · NOPOR
- BrevikNorway · NOBVK
- KrageroNorway · NOKRA
- LarvikNorway · NOLAR
- RisorNorway · NORIS
- SandefjordNorway · NOSAD
- HolmestrandNorway · NOHOL
- TonsbergNorway · NOTON
Questions about Skien
What is the UN/LOCODE of Skien?
The UN/LOCODE of Skien is NOSKE.
Is pilotage compulsory in Skien?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Skien as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Skien?
Yes. Skien offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Skien have a dry dock?
Yes. Skien has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Skien a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Skien.
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