Port profile · GBSUN
Sunderland
Sunderland is a medium harbour on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBSUN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Sunderland offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Sunderland
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Sunderland day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Sunderland and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Sunderland 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
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- 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 Sunderland, 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, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Sunderland
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- SeahamUnited Kingdom · GBSEA
- TynemouthUnited Kingdom · GBTYM
- BlythUnited Kingdom · GBBLY
- HartlepoolUnited Kingdom · GBHTP
- TeesUnited Kingdom · GBTEE
- WarkworthUnited Kingdom · GBWKO
- WhitbyUnited Kingdom · GBWTB
- BerwickUnited Kingdom · GBBWK
Questions about Sunderland
What is the UN/LOCODE of Sunderland?
The UN/LOCODE of Sunderland is GBSUN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Sunderland?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Sunderland as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Sunderland?
Yes. Sunderland offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Sunderland have a dry dock?
Yes. Sunderland has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Sunderland a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Sunderland.
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