Port profile · AUSYD
Sydney
Sydney is a large natural coastal harbour on the Tasman Sea, in Australia. Its UN/LOCODE is AUSYD. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Sydney offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Sydney
What members see for Sydney, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Sydney, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Sydney right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Sydney day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Sydney and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Sydney 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
- Large
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 348 m
- Beam
- 46 m
- Draft
- 13.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Sydney, 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
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Beach mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Sydney
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Sydney, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 1.8 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Sydney, and what was found.
Ports near Sydney
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Questions about Sydney
What is the UN/LOCODE of Sydney?
The UN/LOCODE of Sydney is AUSYD.
Is pilotage compulsory in Sydney?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Sydney as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Sydney?
Yes. Sydney offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Sydney have a dry dock?
Yes. Sydney has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Sydney can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 348 m long, 46 m wide, 13.7 m draft for Sydney.
Is Sydney a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Sydney.
How many port state control inspections are there in Sydney?
1 port state control inspections were recorded in Sydney in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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