Port profile · GBSUL
Sullom Voe
Sullom Voe is a small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBSUL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Sullom Voe offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and ship stores. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Sullom Voe 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
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 365 m
- Draft
- 24 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Sullom Voe, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Sullom Voe
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LerwickUnited Kingdom · GBLER
- ScallowayUnited Kingdom · GBSWY
- Kettletoft PierUnited Kingdom · GBKET
- Whitehall PierUnited Kingdom · GBWHL
- Pierowall, WestrayUnited Kingdom · GBPIE
- KirkwallUnited Kingdom · GBKWL
- Scapa PierUnited Kingdom · GBSCF
- St Margaret'S HopeUnited Kingdom · GBSGP
Questions about Sullom Voe
What is the UN/LOCODE of Sullom Voe?
The UN/LOCODE of Sullom Voe is GBSUL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Sullom Voe?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Sullom Voe as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Sullom Voe?
Yes. Sullom Voe offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Sullom Voe can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 365 m long, 24 m draft for Sullom Voe.
Is Sullom Voe a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Sullom Voe.
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