PORT PROFILE / JM
Kingston
Port of Kingston
PORT CODEJMKIN
COUNTRYJamaica
PORT TYPESeaport
PORT SIZEMedium
COORDINATES17.96845 / -76.785055
The port details.
Reference record from the supplied World Port Info archive. Confirm current facilities, restrictions, depths and contacts with the port before operational use.
General
- Local port name
- Port of Kingston
- Type
- Seaport
- Inland (ICD)
- No
- Port authority
- Port Authority of Jamaica
- Latitude
- 17.96845
- Longitude
- -76.785055
- Currency
- JMD
- Port size
- Medium
- First port of entry
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- USA representative
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Harbor
- Harbor size
- Medium
- Harbor type
- Coastal Natural
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Max vessel size
- Over 500 feet in length
- Turning area
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entrance restrictions
- Tide
- Yes
- Overhead limit
- No
- Swell
- No
- Ice
- No
- Other
- Yes
Water depth
- Channel
- 36 - 40 feet, 11 - 12.2 meters
- Cargo pier
- 21 - 25 feet, 6.4 - 7.6 meters
- Mean tide
- 1 foot
- Anchorage
- 31 - 35 feet, 9.4 - 10 meters
- Oil terminal
- 26 - 30 feet, 7.1 - 9.1 meters
Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
- Advisable
- Yes
Tugs
- Assist
- Yes
- Salvage
- No
Quarantine / documents
- Pratique
- Yes
- Deratt certificate
- Yes
Contact
- Address
- 15-17 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica
- Phone
- 876 922-0290-8
- Fax
- 876 924-9437
- paj@portjam.com
- Website
- www.portjam.com
Communications
- Telephone
- Yes
- Radio
- Yes
- Radio tel
- Yes
- Air
- Yes
- Telegraph
- Yes
- Rail
- Yes
Loading & unloading
- Wharves
- Yes
Lift cranes
- 100+ ton lifts
- Yes
- 25-49 ton lifts
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Port services
- Longshore
- Yes
- Electrical repair
- Yes
- Electrical
- Yes
- Navigation equipment
- Yes
Supplies
- Provisions
- Yes
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Deck
- Yes
- Water
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Engine
- Yes
Other services
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Marine railroad size
- Small
- Drydock size
- Very Small
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast
- No
Source: Jamaica / JMKIN · Owner-supplied World Port Info archive.
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