Port profile · FIVAA
Vaasa
Vaasa is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Bothnia, in Finland. Its UN/LOCODE is FIVAA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Vaasa offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Vaasa 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
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
- 200 m
- Beam
- 35 m
- Draft
- 9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Vaasa, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Ice, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- 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
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Vaasa
Other Finland ports on the same stretch of coast.
- HallnasFinland · FIHLL
- KaskinenFinland · FIKAS
- KristinestadFinland · FIKRS
- Nykarleby (Uusikaarlepyy)Finland · FIUKP
- PietarsaariFinland · FIPRS
- Hirvikari WestFinland · FITHK
- PoriFinland · FIPOR
- MantyluotoFinland · FIMTY
Questions about Vaasa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Vaasa?
The UN/LOCODE of Vaasa is FIVAA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Vaasa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Vaasa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Vaasa?
Yes. Vaasa offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Vaasa can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 200 m long, 35 m wide, 9 m draft for Vaasa.
Is Vaasa a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Vaasa.
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