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Harbours Division

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Position:Lat 54 08.9NLon 04 28.0W

Douglas Harbour

The main port of the Isle of Man with the most extensive facilities for both commercial and private vessels. Douglas is the only Manx port with dedicated passenger handling facilities and roll-on roll-off vehicle services. The port provides specialist berths for oil and gas tankers as well as general cargo vessels, fishing vessels and occasional survey, customs and naval vessels. The Isle of Man’s first marina was opened during 2001 and offers a limited number of berths for visiting leisure craft, subject to availability. A second phase of pontoons was completed in the autumn of 2006. Substantial ongoing investment is continuing to further enhance the harbour’s facilities. A private towage service is available and a commercial inshore passenger ferry operates various services throughout the summer season to other ports.

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Facilities

New Douglas harbour map

Berths available: The inner harbour marina (accessible at approximately high water +/- 2 hours) is the main area for visiting leisure craft to berth but there are also berths in the outer harbour which are less dependent on the tides. A summer only pontoon is available for short periods at all states of tide at the Battery Pier (by No. 14 Berth)

Pontoon application form is available at the bottom of this page

A slipway for the launching of small craft at all tidal states is situated next to the Fort Anne Jetty.

Entry to the Harbour is gained from the N.E. (heading 229) by leading marks (white opposing triangles) which are illuminated at night by flashing (occ 10s) blue lights, now supplemented by red flashing opposing arrows. This approach will avoid possible overfalls at the end of the Breakwater The fairway is marked by two Starboard hand buoys (Q(3)G.5s) & (Fl.G3s) with, to Port, a concrete ‘dolphin’ (2F.red vert) which marks the end of the Breakwater. At the entrance, tides of up to 2 knots to the North East and South can be expected during flood and ebb tides respectively.

Services

Town: Banks, Post Office, chemists, shops, accommodation, restaurants

Inner Harbour Office opening hours: 0830-1700
(Harbour Control 24 hours)

Contact: Captain Chris Clark, Port Manager, Douglas

Address: Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF
Phone: +44 (0) 1624 686923 (office hours only)
Marine Operations Centre: +44 (0) 1624 686628
Fax: +44 (0) 1624 626403
Downloadable Documents
Acrobat PDF FileDouglas Flapgate Operations for May 2013 (195 kb)
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Acrobat PDF FileResident Pontoon Application (229 kb)
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