Port profile · GBSWA
Swansea
Swansea is a small harbour on the Bristol Channel, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBSWA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Swansea offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Swansea
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Swansea and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Swansea 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
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
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 Swansea, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- 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 Swansea
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- NeathUnited Kingdom · GBNEA
- Port TalbotUnited Kingdom · GBPTB
- BidefordUnited Kingdom · GBBID
- Barry DockUnited Kingdom · GBBAD
- CardiffUnited Kingdom · GBCDF
- NewportUnited Kingdom · GBNPT
- BridgwaterUnited Kingdom · GBBRW
- Milford HavenUnited Kingdom · GBMLF
Questions about Swansea
What is the UN/LOCODE of Swansea?
The UN/LOCODE of Swansea is GBSWA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Swansea?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Swansea as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Swansea?
Yes. Swansea offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Swansea have a dry dock?
Yes. Swansea has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Swansea a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Swansea.
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