Port profile · GBWIC
Wick
Wick is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Sea, in the United Kingdom. Its UN/LOCODE is GBWIC. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Wick offers fuel oil, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Wick
What members see for Wick, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Wick right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Wick day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Wick and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Wick offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- None
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 89 m
- Draft
- 5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Wick, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- No
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Wick
Other United Kingdom ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LynessUnited Kingdom · GBLYS
- St Margaret'S HopeUnited Kingdom · GBSGP
- ScrabsterUnited Kingdom · GBSCR
- Scapa PierUnited Kingdom · GBSCF
- KirkwallUnited Kingdom · GBKWL
- StromnessUnited Kingdom · GBSNS
- HelmsdaleUnited Kingdom · GBHMA
- LossiemouthUnited Kingdom · GBLSS
Latest news
Questions about Wick
What is the UN/LOCODE of Wick?
The UN/LOCODE of Wick is GBWIC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Wick?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Wick as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Wick?
Yes. Wick offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Wick have a dry dock?
No. The nautical port index lists no dry dock in Wick.
What is the largest vessel Wick can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 89 m long, 5 m draft for Wick.
Is Wick a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Wick.
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