Port profile · NZTIU
Timaru
Timaru is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Pacific Ocean, in New Zealand. Its UN/LOCODE is NZTIU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Timaru offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Timaru
What members see for Timaru, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Timaru, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Timaru right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Timaru day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Timaru and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Timaru 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Small
- 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
Largest vessel
- Length
- 286 m
- Beam
- 40 m
- Draft
- 11.6 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Timaru, 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, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- 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
- Anchorage
- No
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- No
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Timaru
Other New Zealand ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Otago HarbourNew Zealand · NZORR
- LytteltonNew Zealand · NZLYT
- AkaroaNew Zealand · NZAKA
- GreymouthNew Zealand · NZGMN
- WestportNew Zealand · NZWSZ
- BluffNew Zealand · NZBLU
- NelsonNew Zealand · NZNSN
- TarakoheNew Zealand · NZTKH
Questions about Timaru
What is the UN/LOCODE of Timaru?
The UN/LOCODE of Timaru is NZTIU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Timaru?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Timaru as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Timaru?
Yes. Timaru offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Timaru can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 286 m long, 40 m wide, 11.6 m draft for Timaru.
Is Timaru a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Timaru.
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