Port profile · GBSNS
Stromness
Stromness is a very small open roadstead on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBSNS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Stromness offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Stromness offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- None
- Slipway
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Stromness, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- No
- Liquid bulk
- No
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Stromness
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LynessUnited Kingdom · GBLYS
- Scapa PierUnited Kingdom · GBSCF
- KirkwallUnited Kingdom · GBKWL
- St Margaret'S HopeUnited Kingdom · GBSGP
- ScrabsterUnited Kingdom · GBSCR
- Pierowall, WestrayUnited Kingdom · GBPIE
- WickUnited Kingdom · GBWIC
- Whitehall PierUnited Kingdom · GBWHL
Questions about Stromness
What is the UN/LOCODE of Stromness?
The UN/LOCODE of Stromness is GBSNS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Stromness?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Stromness as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Stromness?
Yes. Stromness offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Stromness have a dry dock?
No. The nautical port index lists no dry dock in Stromness.
Is Stromness a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Stromness.
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