Port profile · FOTOR
Torshavn
Torshavn is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Norwegian Sea, in the Faroe Islands. Its UN/LOCODE is FOTOR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Torshavn offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Torshavn 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
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- 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
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Torshavn, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Torshavn
Other Faroe Islands ports on the same stretch of coast.
- RunavikFaroe Islands · FORVK
- FuglafjordurFaroe Islands · FOFUG
- KlaksvikFaroe Islands · FOKVI
- VestmannaFaroe Islands · FOVES
- TvoroyriFaroe Islands · FOTVO
- VagurFaroe Islands · FOVAG
- SorvagurFaroe Islands · FOSRV
Questions about Torshavn
What is the UN/LOCODE of Torshavn?
The UN/LOCODE of Torshavn is FOTOR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Torshavn?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Torshavn as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Torshavn?
Yes. Torshavn offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Torshavn have a dry dock?
Yes. Torshavn has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Torshavn a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Torshavn.
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