Port profile · NZWLG
Wellington
Wellington is a large natural coastal harbour on the Cook Strait, in New Zealand. Its UN/LOCODE is NZWLG. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Wellington offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Wellington
What members see for Wellington, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Wellington, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Wellington right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Wellington day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Wellington and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Wellington 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 325 m
- Draft
- 11.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Wellington, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Wellington
Other New Zealand ports on the same stretch of coast.
- PictonNew Zealand · NZPCN
- WanganuiNew Zealand · NZWAG
- NelsonNew Zealand · NZNSN
- TarakoheNew Zealand · NZTKH
- New PlymouthNew Zealand · NZNPL
- NapierNew Zealand · NZNPE
- LytteltonNew Zealand · NZLYT
- AkaroaNew Zealand · NZAKA
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Questions about Wellington
What is the UN/LOCODE of Wellington?
The UN/LOCODE of Wellington is NZWLG.
Is pilotage compulsory in Wellington?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Wellington as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Wellington?
Yes. Wellington offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Wellington can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 325 m long, 11.3 m draft for Wellington.
Is Wellington a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Wellington.
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