Port profile · CATHU
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Lake Superior, in Canada. Its UN/LOCODE is CATHU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Thunder Bay 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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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Thunder Bay and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Thunder Bay 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
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 226 m
- Beam
- 23.8 m
- Draft
- 7.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Thunder Bay, 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
- Ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Thunder Bay
Other Canada ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Heron BayCanada · CAHBY
- Sault Ste MarieCanada · CASSM
- Thessalon MunicipalCanada · CATHS
- Gore BayCanada · CAYZE
- Little CurrentCanada · CALIC
- Point EdwardCanada · CAPEW
- SarniaCanada · CASNI
- WindsorCanada · CAWND
Questions about Thunder Bay
What is the UN/LOCODE of Thunder Bay?
The UN/LOCODE of Thunder Bay is CATHU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Thunder Bay?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Thunder Bay as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Thunder Bay?
Yes. Thunder Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Thunder Bay have a dry dock?
Yes. Thunder Bay has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Thunder Bay can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 226 m long, 23.8 m wide, 7.3 m draft for Thunder Bay.
Is Thunder Bay a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Thunder Bay.
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