Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
LOA 220 m., draft 9.6 m.
Containers:
LOA 225 m., draft 9.6 m.
Ro-Ro:
LOA 175 m., draft 9.6 m.
Bulk:
LOA 200 m., draft 9.6 m.
Fuel:
Light bunker fuel oil, marine diesel oil and gas oil.
Airport:
Kuwait Int'l, 15 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:
Floating dock capacity 35,000 d.w.t.
Medical:
Facilities available, notice preferred.
Shuwaikh
KWSWK
OVERVIEW:
The principal port of Kuwait for non-petroleum cargoes with a total land area of 320
ha. and water basin area of 1.2 million sq.m. It has 21 berths and handles containers
Ro-Ro, breakbulk cargo vessels and bulk carriers.
LOCATION:
On the south shore of Kuwait Bay (Khalijal Kuwayt), west of Kuwait City, in an area
that is part industrial and part rural, within the Al-Asimah governorate.
CHARTS:
Digital: GB45122A and GB501214.
Paper: BA 1214.
US 62433, 62570, 806932 and 809187.
Publications:
NP63, Persian Gulf Pilot.
PORT LIMITS:
Seaward limits comprise all waters in the area confined by line drawn in direction
000°(T) from Ras Al Ajuza (29° 23.45′ N, 048° 00.40′ E) to the parallel of Lat. 29° 30.00′ N; thence in direction 230°(T) to Ras Al Ashairij
29° 23.25′ N, 047° 51.00′ E A vessel is considered to have arrived once it has entered port limits.
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