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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths | Mooring
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Cranes   ...
Pollution:  Pollution | Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Chandlery | Shore Power   ...
Security:  Police etc | Emergency | Security
Local Info:  Weather

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  Depth 9.8 m. Passengers:  LOA 360 m., depth 12.6 m. Ro-Ro:  Depth 12.2 m. Bulk:  Depth 9.3 m.
Fuel:  All grades.
Airport:  Helsinki Int'l, 25 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  280 x 34.0 m.
Medical:  Facilities available.
Helsinki
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FIHEL

Including -
  • Vuosaari Harbour - FIVSS - 60° 13.00′ N, 025° 11.00′ E
OVERVIEW:  The busiest port in Finland, Helsinki handles mainly cruise and ferry passengers, Ro-Ro and containers. Other cargoes handled include breakbulk, offshore and dry bulk. The port is divided into the main areas of West Harbour, South Harbour and North Harbour in Helsinki, and the purpose-built Ro-Ro and container terminal at Vuosaari.
The port of Helsinki is a Core port in the North Sea-Baltic and Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridors in the European Union's Trans-European Transport Network.
LOCATION:  On the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, 45 n.m. north of Tallinn and 165 n.m. west of St. Petersburg. Vuosaari Harbour is located approx. 15 km. ENE of Helsinki.
CHARTS:  Digital: FI4EIHMR, FI4EIHMS, FI4EIHMS, FI59S191 and FI59S192.
Paper: BA 2218, 2219, 2248, 3817 and 3818.
US 44340, 44341 and 44342.
Publications:  NP20, Baltic Pilot Vol 3.
PORT LIMITS:  The seaward