|
|
|
Fishing Boats - Port Registration Letters and Numbers
Last updated on 20 May 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Stornoway |
Blyth |
Castlebay |
Banff |
Brake |
Kirkcaldy |
Greetsiel |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Fuglefjord |
Nazare |
Palma Mallorca |
Sagres |
Sogn og Fjordane |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
Camaret |
Perak State |
Kien Gang Province |
|||||||||
|
Commercial fishing boats are regulated by Government agencies. To ensure clear identification and assist in enforcement of fishery laws each boat must display Port Registration Letters and Numbers. The style varies depending on the country that issues them, but they usually take the form of a letter code that identifies the port and a number that identifies the individual boat. Some countries reissue the same number when it becomes available after the loss or scrapping of a vessel, while others issue unique numbers to each new boat that is registered. · Some ports exist only as an administrative area and may issue registration letters although there is no significant fishing fleet. For example, the harbour at Banff in Scotland is used mostly by pleasure craft and is so small that no large trawler could enter it, but the registration letters BF, which, like all British registration letters, are issued by a centralised national office, are used by many fishing boats working from the big harbours of North East Scotland. · Some countries issue registration letters at State, County, or Province level and these letters will apply to any port or harbour within the Province etc · Some non European countries do not issue Port Registration Letters, but simply allocate a number to each fishing boat. Please scroll to the end of the list for details of these countries · Some countries have poor administrative controls, do not maintain a register of boats, and commercial fishing is unregulated. Fishing boats from these countries may over fish, leading to the collapse of what should be a sustainable resource, and incur naval and diplomatic disputes with adjacent regulated fisheries
European Community Within the European Community there is a common standard for the size and style of Port Letters and Numbers displayed on fishing boats registered in member states. · Lettering on boats between 10 and 17 metres length is to be 250mm in height · Lettering on boats over 17 meters length is to be 450mm in height · Lettering must be either white text on a black background or black text on a white background. (in practice, this standard does not seem to be rigorously enforced. As can be seen from the illustrations above there is a wide variety of signwriting styles, although all boats do show clearly readable markings)
Portugal Portugal used a 1 or 2 letter code for Port Letters, for example AL = Albufiera. There is also a single letter suffix after the number to show the “Activity Area” for the boat : C = coastal fishery : L = local fishery : N = deep sea fishery
About 2020 the registration system changed to a 3 letter code for each port, so Albufiera became ABF. In addition a “Nationality mark” of PT (Portugal) was applied as a prefix to the port letter, so the full port letters for an Albufiera fishing boat are now PTABF-nnnn. The C, L, and N suffix letters remain unchanged
All the codes for both the old system and the new system are given in the list below
Spain Port Letters are given in the list below. However, ship registration in Spain allows for 9 classes of registration, of which fishing boats are class 3
Class 1: extraction platforms, support vessels and offshore tugboats. Class 2: domestically built vessels engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers. Class 3: vessels, national or imported, engaged in fishing. Class 4: auxiliary vessels for fishing or aquaculture. Class 5: tugboats and vessels working in the port or harbor. Class 6: recreational boats for profit. Class 7: vessels engaged in sport or non-profit fishing. Class 8: public agency vessels. Class 9: for vessels under construction.
Confusingly, some Spanish fishing boat show the class number in addition to the Port Letter and number and some do not, and the class letter, if shown, can appear either before or after the Port Letter and number. The registration system changed around 1989 when 2 digits, representing the year the boat was entered on the register were added to the Port Letter and number
Japan Port Letters for Japan consist of a two letter code (in English) that identifies the Prefecture, followed by a single Digit that identifies the class of boat, followed by a hyphen and then the boat number. To avoid repeating the boat class codes in each of 47 Prefectures in the list below I have given them here 1 – powered fishing boats greater than 100 tons 2 – powered fishing boats 5 – 100 tons 3 – powered fishing boats under 5 tons 4 – non powered boats over 5 tons 5 – non powered boats under 5 tons 6 – powered freshwater fishing boats 7 – unpowered freshwater fishing boats
An example is FS1-710 - Hokusho Maru a seine net boat of 300 gross tons, registered in Fukushima Prefecture
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka fishing boats carry a 3 letter code (in English) that identifies the Fishery District. This is prefixed by a letter code that describes the type of boat followed by a hyphen and then the boat number. To avoid repeating these for each of the 15 Fisheries Districts I have given them here IMUL - Inboard engine multi day boat IDAY - Inboard engine single day boat OFRB - Outboard motor glass fibre boat MTRB - Motorised traditional boat NTRB - Non motorised traditional boat NBSB - Non motorised beach seine boat An example of the format is IMUL - A - 0878 TLE - Nuwan, a fishing boat of 20 gross tons with an inboard engine from Tangelle Fisheries District that will work at sea for several days before returning with a catch of tuna and swordfish.
Radio call signs
Some large fishing boats, especially those working in international waters, or under licence from another country have the ship radio call sign displayed in large letters. These radio call signs may consist of letters or a combination of letters and numbers and should not be confused with Port Letters and Numbers. Radio call signs are assigned to each country by international agreement and full information can be found by a search on the internet.
However - there are some countries (particularly smaller island territories) where the first one or two characters of the country radio call sign are used as the “Port Letter” and are followed by the registration number of the boat. These are shown in the notes for the Port Letter
IMO Numbers
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) introduced a Ship Identification Number Scheme in 1987 to help prevent maritime fraud and enhance the security of merchant vessels. The unique seven-digit number issued to each vessel, preceded by the letters IMO, stays with it until it is scrapped and never changes, regardless of the ship’s owner, country of registration or name. IMO numbers were not issued to fishing boats until 2013, and then only to boats of over 100 gross tons or longer than 12 metres and which work beyond the territorial waters of their home country. They are therefore only seen on large deep water fishing boats. The IMO number usually appears on the stern of the boat, or painted on the front of the bridge superstructure. Most locally based fishing boats, including large trawlers do not have an IMO number. Full information on the IMO number system is readily available on the internet
List of Fishing Ports and their Registration Letters The list below gives the Port Letters for most European countries, and I am trying to extend it to include other countries worldwide. It includes Port Letters which are no longer in use because of political or territorial changes, but may be of historic interest in identifying old photographs. |
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Format of the list :
The list is in alphabetical order of the Port Letter. The intention is that given a photograph of a fishing boat you
will be able to identify the country and registered port from the displayed Port Letters, Some countries do not use the
Latin alphabet (eg Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek ) and it is not practicable to list these symbols alphabetically in the main section
of the list. Where the Port Letters appear on the boat in these alphabets I have listed them In a separate section at the end,
but I have included a cross-reference within the main list using the nearest Latin alphabet equivalent.
· The individual number for the boat will normally be displayed after the Port Letter. In some cases where this
not the case “nnn” indicates where the individual number for the boat should appear
|
Port Letter |
Port |
Country |
Notes |
||||||||||
|
A |
Aberdeen |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
A |
Akershus |
Norway |
A – nnn – A Aker A – nnn – AA As A – nnn – AS Asker A – nnn – B Berum A – nnn – D Drobak A – nnn – F Frogn A – nnn – N Nesodden A – nnn – O Oppegard A – nnn – S Son A – nnn – V Vestby |
||||||||||
|
A |
Aalborg |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
A |
Antwerp |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
A |
Aruba |
Dutch Caribbean |
Sometimes uses the format NA – presumably for Netherlands Aruba |
||||||||||
|
A |
Auchendown |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
AA |
Aabenraa |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
AA |
Alloa |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
AA |
Aust - Agder |
Norway |
AA - nnn – A Arendal AA – nnn - E Eide AA – nnn - FJ Fjere AA – nnn - FL Flosta AA - nnn – G Grimstad AA – nnn - H Hovag (historic) AA – nnn - HS Hisoy AA – nnn - L Lillesand AA – nnn - LV Landvik AA – nnn – R Risor AA – nnn - S Sondeled AA – nnn - SN Stokken AA – nnn – T Tvedestrand AA – nnn - TO Tromoy AA – nnn – VM Vestre AA – nnn – Ř Oyestad AA – nnn - ŘM Ostre Moland |
||||||||||
|
AA |
Westeraccumersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AAL |
Aland |
Finland |
Semi – autonomous region of Finland. Does not use the same style of Port Letters as the rest of the country – see FIN for other Finnish Port Letters |
||||||||||
|
AAR |
Arusha |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
AB |
Aberystwyth |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
AB |
Annotto Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
AB |
Bensersiel |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
ABH |
Bremerhaven |
Germany |
Port letters for coastal fishing boats. High seas fishing boats use Port Letters BX |
||||||||||
|
AC |
Arcachon |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
AC |
Carolinensiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ACC |
Accumerseil |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AD |
Ardrossan |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
AD |
Audierne |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
AD |
Langeoog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ADF |
Lamberts Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
AE |
Emden |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AF |
Friesdrichs Schleusses |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AG |
Ardrishaig |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
AG |
Greetseil |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AH |
Angra do Heroismo |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
AH |
Arbroath |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
AH |
Ahtopol |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. AH is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic AX |
||||||||||
|
AH |
Ditzum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AHL |
Ahlbeck |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AHR |
Ahrenshoop |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AI |
Aichi Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
AI |
Akureyri |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
AJ |
Ajaccio |
Corsica France |
|
||||||||||
|
AJ |
Juist |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AK |
Akita Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
AK |
Akranes |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
AK |
Andijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
AK |
Archangel |
Russia |
also known as Arkangelsk |
||||||||||
|
AL |
Albufeira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
AL |
Algeciras |
Spain |
AL – 1 – nnn Tarifa AL – 2 – nnn Algeciras AL – 3 – nnn La Linea |
||||||||||
|
AL |
Algiers |
Algeria |
|
||||||||||
|
AL |
Ameland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
AL |
Leer |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ALK |
Alkmaar |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ALT |
Altenwerder |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AM |
Almeria |
Spain |
AM – 1 – nnn Adra AM – 2 – nnn Almeria AM – 3 – nnn Carboneras AM – 3 – nnn Garrucha (historic) AM – 4 - nnn Garrucha (current) |
||||||||||
|
AM |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
|||||||||||
|
AM |
Leerort |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AMD |
Monduli |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
AN |
Annaba |
Algeria |
|
||||||||||
|
AN |
Ancona |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
AN |
Ancora |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
AN |
Norderney |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ANB |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
India |
ANB-MV-SA-nnn South Andaman motorised |
||||||||||
|
ANB-TC-SA-nnn South Andaman non-motorised |
|||||||||||||
|
ANB-MV-MN-nnn Middle & North Andaman motorised |
|||||||||||||
|
ANB-TC-MN-nnn Middle & North Andaman non-motorised |
|||||||||||||
|
ANB-MV-NB-nnn Nicobar District motorised |
|||||||||||||
|
ANB-TC-NB-nnn Nicobar District non-motorised |
|||||||||||||
|
ANF |
Anklamer Fahre |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ANG |
Ngorongoro |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ANK |
Anklam |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AO |
Aomori Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
AO |
Oldersum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AP |
Alligator Pond |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
AQ |
Retzmarsiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AR |
Agadir |
Morocco |
Historic interest only - these Port Letters relate to the period of French colonial rule in Morocco |
||||||||||
|
AR |
Arnes Syssel |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
AR |
Ayr |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
AR |
Rhaudermoor |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ARC |
Arcachon |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
ARE |
Alt Reddevitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ARKT |
Karatu |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ARM |
Arnemuiden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ARN |
Arnis |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
ARU |
Arumeru |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ARZ |
Arzew |
Algeria |
May appear on boat as ز ر ا |
||||||||||
|
AS |
Aarhus |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
AS |
Spickeroog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AS |
Ahus |
Sweden |
|||||||||||
|
ASS |
Assel |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
AT |
Alicante |
Spain |
AT – 1 – nnn Torrevieja AT – 2 – nnn Santa Pola AT – 3 – nnn Alicante AT – 4 – nnn Villajoyosa AT – 5 – nnn Altea AT – 6 – nnn Denia |
||||||||||
|
AT |
Terborg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AU |
Audierne |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
AU |
Augusta |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
AU |
Baltrum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AV |
Aveiro |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
AV |
Avenhorn |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
AV |
Aviles |
Spain |
AV-1- nnn Aviles AV-2- nnn San Esteban de Pravia AV-3- nnn Luarca |
||||||||||
|
AV |
Norden |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AW |
Aengwirden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
AW |
Wilhelmshaven |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AWA |
Altwarp |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AX |
Borkum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
AY |
Norddeich |
Germany |
Historic |
||||||||||
|
AY |
Auray |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
AZ |
Neuharlingsersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
B |
Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
B |
Bergen |
Norway |
Historic port letter before about 1972. Current letter is H – nnn - BN |
||||||||||
|
B |
Blankenburg |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
B |
Bonaire |
Dutch Caribbean |
Sometimes uses the format NB – presumably for Netherlands Bonaire |
||||||||||
|
B |
Braughton |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
B to BZZ |
Brunei |
Brunei |
Brunei issues 1, 2, and 3 letter Port Codes all of which commence with the letter “B” and run in sequence (with the omission of some letters) from B ; BA ; BAA ; … BZZ. There are over 500 letter combinations, so too many to list individually in this table. |
||||||||||
|
BA |
Bakar |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
BA |
Ballantrae |
Scotland |
A small and little used harbour, but the BA registration letters are carried by many of the West Coast fishing boats |
||||||||||
|
BA |
Bayonne |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
BA |
Bari |
Italy |
|||||||||||
|
BA |
Barcelona |
Spain |
BA – 1 – nnn Villannueva y Geltru BA – 2 – nnn Barcelona BA - 3 - nnn Arenys de Mar BA – 3 – nnn Mataro (historic) BA – 4 – nnn Blanes (previously San Feliu de Guixois) BA – 5 – nnn Palamos BA – 6 – nnn Rosas BA – 7 – nnn La Selva (historic) |
||||||||||
|
BA |
Bardastradn Syssel |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
BAA |
Baabe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BAH |
Bahrenfleth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BAL |
Balm |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BAN |
Bansin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BAR |
Barth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BB |
Bremen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BB |
Bull Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BBK |
Bukoba |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Kagera Region |
||||||||||
|
BC |
Braco |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BCB |
Boscobel |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BCH |
Balchick |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. BCH is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic script ҔЧ |
||||||||||
|
BCK |
Buckie |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
BCO |
Batticaloa Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
BD |
Barnswell Dale |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BD |
Bideford |
England |
|||||||||||
|
BD |
Binh Dinh Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
BD |
Budva |
Montenegro |
|
||||||||||
|
BD |
Buskerude |
Norway |
BD – nnn – D Drammen BD – nnn – H Hurum BD – nnn – R Royken |
||||||||||
|
BE |
Barnstaple |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BE |
Beauchamp |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BEI |
Beidenfleth |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
BEL |
Bellin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BEN |
Bensersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BF |
Banff |
Scotland |
Tiny harbour, but registration port for many Scottish fishing boats. The adjacent port of Macduff is a major repair yard for fishing boats. |
||||||||||
|
BF |
Buff Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BG |
Biograd Na Moru |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
BG |
Bougie |
Algeria |
Of historic interest only. Port Letters relate to the period of French colonial rule. The town is now called Bejaia |
||||||||||
|
BH |
Blyth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BH |
Brouwershaven |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
BHR |
Biharamulo |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Kagera Region |
||||||||||
|
BI |
Bastia |
Corsica France |
|
||||||||||
|
BI |
Bilbao |
Spain |
BI – 1 – nnn Lequeitio BI – 2 – nnn Bermeo BI – 3 – nnn Bilbao BI – 4 – nnn Ondarroa |
||||||||||
|
BI |
Billy’s Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BI |
Bizerte |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
BIE |
Bielenberg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BIN |
Binz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BJ |
Bejaia |
Algeria |
may appear as ج ب |
||||||||||
|
BK |
Berwick on Tweed |
England |
|||||||||||
|
BKE |
Karagwe |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Kagera Region |
||||||||||
|
BL |
Bac Lieu Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
BL |
Barletta |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
BL |
Belmont |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BL |
Boulogne |
France |
|||||||||||
|
BL |
Bristol |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BL |
Byala |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script and will appear on the boat as Бл or sometimes as БΛ. BL is the nearest Latin script equivalent |
||||||||||
|
BM |
Bournmouth |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BM |
Brixham |
England |
|||||||||||
|
BME |
Muleba |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Kagera Region |
||||||||||
|
BN |
Boston |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BNR |
Ngara |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Kagera Region |
||||||||||
|
BO |
Boiler Beach |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BO |
Bol |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
BO |
Bone |
Algeria |
Of historic interest only. These Port Letters relate to the period of French colonial rule. The town is now called Annaba |
||||||||||
|
BO |
Borrowstoness |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
BOCK |
Bockhomwik |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BOG |
Borgerende |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BOI |
Boisendorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BON |
Bongsiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BOR |
Borkum |
Germany |
North Sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
BOR |
Born a. Darss |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
BOU |
Bouchoute |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Barreiro |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
BR |
Black River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Brava |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Breskens |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Brest |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Bridgewater |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Brindisi |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
BR |
Struis Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
BRA |
Brake |
Germany |
Port letters for coastal fishing boats. High seas fishing boats use Port Letters NB |
||||||||||
|
BRD |
Broadford |
Skye, Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
BRE |
Breege |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BRO |
Brokdorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
BROE |
Broek |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BRU |
Brunsbuttelkoog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BRU |
Bruinisse |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
BRZ |
Breetz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BS |
Baska |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
BS |
Beaumaris |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
BS |
Beni Saf |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as ص ب |
||||||||||
|
BS |
Boston |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BS |
Burgas |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script and will appear on the boat as Бс. BS is the nearest Latin script equivalent |
||||||||||
|
BT |
Ben Tre Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
BTh |
Binh Thuan Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
BT |
Bottom Beach |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BU |
Blue Hole |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BU |
Bunschoten |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
BU |
Burntisland |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
BUR |
Burgstaaken |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
BUR |
Burhaversiel |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
BUS |
Buschvitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BÜS |
Busum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BV |
Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
BV |
Boa Vista |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
BV |
Bremen - Vegesack |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
BW |
Barrow |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
BX |
Bremerhaven |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing vessels. Coastal fishing boats used the letters ABH |
||||||||||
|
BX |
Bordeaux |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
BY |
Bloody Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
BZ |
Bergen op Zoom |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
BZ |
Bozava |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
BZJ |
Bouzedjar |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as ج ذ بـ |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
C |
Caen |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
C |
Cave |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
C |
Cienfuegos |
Cuba |
|
||||||||||
|
C |
Cork |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
C |
Coxyde |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
CA |
Cadiz |
Spain |
CA – 1 - nnn Puerto Santa Maria CA – 2 - nnn Cadiz CA – 3 - nnn Barbate
CA – 1 – nnn Rota (historic) CA – 2 – nnn Puerto Santa Maria (historic) CA – 3 – nnn Cadiz (historic) CA – 4 – nnn San Fernando (historic) CA – 5 – nnn Barbate (historic) |
||||||||||
|
CA |
Calabash Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CA |
Cagliari |
Sardinia Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CA |
Cardigan |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
CAG |
Mkuranga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CAN |
Cancale |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CB |
Carlisle Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CBG |
Bagamoyo |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CBO |
Colombo Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
CC |
Concarneau |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CC |
Corigliano Calabra |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CC |
Cousins Cove |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CE |
Chimbote |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
CE |
Coleraine |
Northern Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
CF |
Cardiff |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
CG |
Callantsoog |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
CH |
Cherchell |
Algeria |
may appear on boat in Arabic script ل ش |
||||||||||
|
CH |
Cherbourg |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CH |
Chester |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
CH |
Chiba Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
CH |
Cutlass Hole |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CHA |
Chalupy |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
CHL |
Chlapwo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
CHW |
Chilaw Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
CHY |
Chlopy |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
CI |
Chioggia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CK |
Colchester |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
CK |
Crikvenica |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
CKH |
Kibaha |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CKS |
Kisarawe |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CL |
Calais |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CL |
Carlisle |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
CL |
Carlton Beach |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CL |
Collo |
Algeria |
may display as ل ق |
||||||||||
|
CLN |
Clinge |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
CM |
Camaret |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CM |
Ca Mau Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
CM |
Caminha |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
CMF |
Mafia |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CN – nn – BMC -nn |
Bomi County |
Liberia
|
Replace nn with the number applied on the boat Port codes and numbers are applied to artisanal (ie local community) fishing boats but enforcement of regulations seems mixed – many boats do not appear to display their identity markings
|
||||||||||
|
CN – nn – GBC -nn |
Grand Basa County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn – GCC -nn |
Grand Cape Mount County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn – GKC -nn |
Grand Kru County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn - MGC -nn |
Margibi County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn – MLC -nn |
Maryland County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn - MNC -nn |
Montserrado County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn – RCC -nn |
Rivercress County |
||||||||||||
|
CN – nn - SNC -nn |
Sinoe County |
||||||||||||
|
CN |
Campbeltown |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
CN |
Cimbrishamn |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
CO |
Caernarfon |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
CO |
Callao |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
CO |
Cooper’s |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CO |
Coruna |
Spain |
CO – 1 – nnn Sada CO – 2 – nnn La Coruna CO – 3 – nnn Corme CO – 4 – nnn Camarinas CO – 5 – nnn Corcubion CO – 6 – nnn Muros CO – 7 – nnn Noya |
||||||||||
|
CO |
Coursuelles |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CP |
Castellon |
Spain |
CP – 1 – nnn Burriana CP – 2 – nnn Castellon CP – 3 – nnn Vinaroz |
||||||||||
|
CP |
Colijnsplaat |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
CR |
Crotone |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CRJ |
Rufiji |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
CS |
Cascais |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
CS |
Castellammare Di Stabia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CS |
Cowes |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
CS |
Cres |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
CT and CTA |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
|||||||||||
|
CT |
Cartagena |
Spain |
CT – 1 - nnn Garrucha (historic) CT – 2 – nnn Aguilas CT – 3 – nnn Mazarron CT – 4 – nnn Cartagena CT – 5 – nnn S. Pedro del Pinatar |
||||||||||
|
CT |
Castletown |
Isle of Man |
|
||||||||||
|
CT |
Catania |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CT |
Cavtat |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
CT |
Constanta |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
CT |
Trouville |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
CT3 - nnnn CT4 - nnnn CT5 - nnnn CT6 - nnnn CT7 - nnnn CT8 - nnnn |
|
Taiwan (Republic of China) |
Port letters are based on the 2018 fleet list from Fisheries Agency, Taiwan Council of Agriculture. It is not known if Port Letters CT1, CT2 may have been used in the past
|
||||||||||
|
CU |
Ceuta |
Spanish North Africa |
CU – 1 - nnn |
||||||||||
|
CV |
Citavecchia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
CUX |
Cuxhaven |
Germany |
Port letters for coastal fishing boats. Deep sea fishing boats use the letters NC |
||||||||||
|
CW |
Cow Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
CY |
Castlebay |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
CY |
Cayenne |
French Guiana |
French overseas region and department |
||||||||||
|
CZ |
Cadzand |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
D |
Darby |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
D |
Doel |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
D |
Dunkirk |
France |
|||||||||||
|
D |
Dublin |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
DA |
Dala Syssel |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
DA |
Drogheda |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
DAB |
Dabie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
DAG |
Dagebull |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DAH |
Dahme |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
DAN |
Dangast |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DAR |
Darlowo |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
DAS |
Dassow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DB |
Discovery Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DB |
Dubrovnik |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
DBK |
Dabki |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
DD |
Dordrecht |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
DDF |
Gans Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
DDM |
Dodoma Urban |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
DDV |
Dodoma Rural |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
DE |
Dundee |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
DEB |
Debki |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
DED |
Dedesdorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DH |
Dartmouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
DI |
Dieppe |
France |
|||||||||||
|
DI |
Dzaoudzi |
Petite Terre Mayotte |
French overseas region – Indian Ocean |
||||||||||
|
DIE |
Dierhagen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DIN |
Dinant |
France |
|||||||||||
|
DIR |
Dierhagen Ost |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DIT |
Ditzum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DJ |
Djibouti |
Djibouti |
|
||||||||||
|
DK |
Dundalk |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
DK |
Dunkirk |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
DKD |
Kondoa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
DKO |
Kongwa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
DMP |
Mpwapwa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
DNa |
Da Nang Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
DNA |
Durban |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
DO |
Douglas |
Isle of Man |
|
||||||||||
|
DO |
Dover |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DOR |
Dorum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
DP |
Dieppe |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
DP |
Drapers |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DR |
Dover |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
DR |
Divers River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DRA |
Drage |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
DRA |
Dranske |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
DRE |
Oehe-Drecht |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
DS |
Dumfries |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
DU |
Duhaney Pen |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DV |
Dalvey |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
DV |
Deventer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
DW |
Doniawestal |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
DWI |
Dzwirzyno |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
DZ |
Delfzijl |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
DZ |
Douarnenez |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
DZG |
Danzig |
Germany |
Historic port letters prior to 1945. The city is now in Poland and is known as Gdansk |
||||||||||
|
DZI |
Dziwnow |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
E |
Elgin Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
E |
Ericeira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
E |
Esbjerg |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
E |
Exeter |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
E |
Lake Edward |
Uganda |
E – KAT – nnn Katwe E – KAY – nnn Kayanja E – KAZ – nnn Kazinga E – KIS – nnn Kishenyi E – RWE – nnn Rwenshama |
||||||||||
|
EA |
Eysafjord |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
EB |
Elburg |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
EBZ |
Mbozi |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ECH |
Chunya |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ECKE |
Eckernforde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
EE |
Eenrum |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
EE |
Engure |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
EG |
Egmond aan Zee |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
EH |
Ehime Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
EH |
Enkhuizen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
EIJ |
Ileje |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
EKY |
Kyela |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
EL |
Etel |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
ELA |
East London |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
ELD |
Eldena |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ELM |
Elmshorn |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ELS |
Elsfleth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
EMB |
Mbeye |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
EMD |
Emden |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
EMI |
Mbarali |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ER |
Ericeira |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
ERG |
Rungwe |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ES |
Esposende |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
ET |
El Kala |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as ط ا |
||||||||||
|
EUS |
Usangu |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
EWD |
Ellewoutsdijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
EZ |
Ezinge |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
E5A to E5Z |
|
Cook Islands |
The Cook Islands use the country international radio call sign (E5A through E5Z) as the “Port Letter” followed by the number allocated to the boat |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
F |
Fano |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
F |
Farquhar |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
F |
Faversham |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
F |
Fecamp |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
F |
|
Malta |
Historic port letter : F = full time fishing boat. Since 2004 has been superseded by the MFA/MFB/MFC/MFD series of port letters |
||||||||||
|
F |
Finnmark |
Norway |
F – nnn – A Alta F – nnn – B Berlevag F – nnn – BD Batsfjord F – nnn – G Gamvik F – nnn – H Hammerfest F – nnn – HV Hasvik F – nnn - K Kjelvik F – nnn – KD Kvalsund F – nnn - KS Kistrand F – nnn – L Loppa F – nnn – LB Lebesby F – nnn – M Masoy F – nnn – N Nesseby F – nnn – NK Nordkapp F – nnn – NV Nord Varanger F – nnn – P Porsanger F - nnn – S Soroysund (historic) F – nnn – SV Sor Varanger F – nnn - T Talvik (historic) F – nnn – TN Tana F – nnn – V Vardo F – nnn – VS Vadso |
||||||||||
|
FA |
Falmouth |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
FAL |
Falshoft |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
FB |
Frenchman’s Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
FC |
Fort Charles |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
FD |
Fleetwood |
England |
|||||||||||
|
FD |
Fuglefjord |
Faeroe Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
FE |
Ferrol |
Spain |
FE – 1 - nnn Carino FE – 2 - nnn Cedeira FE – 3 - nnn Ferrol
FE – 1 – nnn Ribadeo (historic) FE – 2 – nnn Vivero (historic) FE – 3 – nnn Santa Maria de Ortiguiera (historic) FE – 4 – nnn Ferrol (historic) |
||||||||||
|
FE |
Folkestone |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
FED |
Fedderwardersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
FF |
Figueria da Foz |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
FF |
Fort de France |
Martinique |
French overseas region - Caribbean |
||||||||||
|
FG |
Falkenberg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
FG |
Fogo |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
FH |
Fairy Hill |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
FH |
Falmouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
FI |
Fukui Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
FIN |
Finland |
FIN – nnn – K Kymi FIN – nnn – L Lappi FIN – nnn – O Oulu FIN – nnn – T Turku FIN – nnn – U Uusimaa FIN – nnn – V Vaasa |
|||||||||||
|
FK |
Falkland Islands |
Falkland Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
FL |
Finsterwolde |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
FLE |
Flensburg |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
FN |
Frederikshaven |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
FN |
Franeker |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
FN |
Funchal |
Madeira, Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
FO |
Fukuoka Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
FR |
Faro |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
FR |
Fraserburgh |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
FRE |
Freest |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
FRI |
Friedrichskoog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
FRIE |
Friedrichsort |
Germany |
May also appear as FRI |
||||||||||
|
FRO |
Frombork |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
FS |
Fukushima Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
FY |
Fowey |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
FZ |
Fuzeta |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
G |
Galway |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
G |
Granville |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
GA |
Gaasterland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GA |
Gaeta |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
GA |
Gainsborough |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
GAG |
Gager |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GB |
Great Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GC |
Gran Canaria |
Spain |
GC – 1 – nnn Las Palmas de Gran Canaria GC – 2 – nnn Fuerteventura / Puerto del Rosario GC – 3 – nnn Lanzarote / Arrecife |
||||||||||
|
GD |
s'-Gravendeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GDA |
Gdansk |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
GDY |
Gdynia |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
GE |
Gefle |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
GE |
Genoa |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
GE |
Goole |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
GE |
Grange Pen |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GEV |
Geversdorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GF |
Gifu Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
GG |
Geertruidenberg |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GG |
Goteborg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
GH |
Grangemouth |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
GI |
Gijon |
Spain |
GI – 1 – nnn Llanes GI – 2 – nnn Ribadesella GI – 3 – nnn Lastres GI – 4 – nnn Gijon GI – 5 – nnn Luanco
GI – 6 – nnn Aviles (historic) GI – 7 – nnn San Esteban de Pravia (historic) GI – 8 – nnn Luarca (historic) |
||||||||||
|
GI |
Green Island |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GIL |
Gilge |
East Prussia Germany |
Of historic interest only for Port Letters prior to 1945. Gilge is now part of the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia |
||||||||||
|
GK |
Greenock |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
GK |
Grindavik |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
GKL |
Kilosa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
GL |
Gallipoli |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
GLE |
Glewitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GLE |
Galle Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
GLO |
Glowe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GLU |
Gluecksburg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GM |
Genemuiden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GM |
Gunma Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
GMG |
Morogoro |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
GMUE |
Graal-Mueritz |
Germany |
May also appear as GMU |
||||||||||
|
GN |
Granton |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
GN |
Green Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GO |
Goedereede |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GOE |
Goes |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GOH |
Goehren |
Germany |
May also appear as GOEH |
||||||||||
|
GOK |
Kilombero |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
GOT |
Gothmund |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
GP |
Grants Pen |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GR |
Granada |
Spain |
GR – 1 – nnn Motril |
||||||||||
|
GR |
Gloucester |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
GR
|
GR-1-nn Nanortalik GR-2-nn Qaqortoq GR-3-nn Narssaq GR-4-nn Arsuk GR-5-nn Paamuit GR-6-nn Nuuk GR-7-nn Maniitsoq GR-8-nn Sisimiut GR-9-nn Kangaatsiaq GR-10-nn Aasiaat GR-11-nn Qasigiannguit GR-12-nn Iiulissat GR-13-nn ???? GR-14-nn Qeqertarssuaq GR-15-nn Uummannaq GR-16-nn Upernavik GR-17-nn Qaanaaq GR-18-nn Tasiilaq |
Greenland
|
It is possible that GR-13 is not assigned to a Port, but this has not been confirmed with certainty |
||||||||||
|
GR |
Gutts River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GRA |
Grauw |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GRA |
Gravelines |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
GRE |
Greetsiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GRI |
Gristow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GRO |
Grossenbrode |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
GRÖ |
Gromitz |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
GRO |
Groningen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GS |
Gasselte |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GT |
Gioia Tauro |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
GT |
Grafhorst |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
GT |
Greenwich Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GTR |
Great River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GU |
|
Guernsay |
|
||||||||||
|
GU |
Gunboat |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
GUL |
Ulanga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
GUM |
Gumbin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
GV |
Guilvinee |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
GVR |
Mvomero |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
GW |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
GY |
Grimsby |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
GZ |
Ghazaouet |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script GZ or as Arabic script ذ غ |
||||||||||
|
GZI |
Gross Zicker |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
H |
Hellshire |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
H |
Helsingor |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
H |
Heyst |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
H |
Hordaland |
Norway |
H – nnn - A Askoy H – nnn - AA Asane H – nnn - AD Alversund H – nnn - AM Austrheim H – nnn - AV Austevoll H – nnn - B Bremnes (historic) H – nnn - B Bomlo H – nnn - BN Bergen (from about 1972) H – nnn - BO Bomlo (historic) H – nnn - BV Bruvik H – nnn - E Etne H – nnn - EF Eidefjord H – nnn - F Fjell H – nnn - FA Fana H – nnn - FB Fjelberg H – nnn - FE Fedje H – nnn - FJ Fitjar H – nnn - FS Fusa H – nnn - G Granvin H – nnn - H Herdla (historic) H – nnn - HB Hordabe H – nnn - HE Hamre H – nnn - HJ Hjelme H – nnn - HR Hosanger H – nnn - HS Haus H – nnn - J Jondal H – nnn - K Kvinnherad H – nnn - KK Kinsaruik H – nnn - KM Kvam H – nnn - L Lindas H – nnn - LV Laksevag H – nnn - M Moster H – nnn - MD Modalen H – nnn - MF Masfjorden H – nnn - MG Manger H – nnn - ML Meland H – nnn - O Os H – nnn - OA Odda H – nnn - OR Osteroy H – nnn - R Raddy H – nnn - S Sund H – nnn - SB Strandebarm H – nnn - SD Stord H – nnn - SK Skanevik H – nnn - SO Sveio H – nnn - SŘ Sebo H – nnn - SR Samnanger H – nnn - SV Strandvik H – nnn - T Tysnes H – nnn - U Ullensvang H – nnn - UK Ulvik H – nnn - V Vaksdal H – nnn - VB Vikebygd H – nnn - VŘ Varaldsoy H – nnn - Ř Olen H – nnn - Ř Oygarden |
||||||||||
|
H |
Hull |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
HA |
Haparanda |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
HA |
Harlingen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HAF |
Haffkrug |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HAL |
Halsteren |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HAR |
Harlesiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HAS |
Audeich/Kreuzdeich |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HAS |
Hasselt |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HAT |
Hatzum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HB |
Het Bildt |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HB |
Hunts Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HBK |
Hamburg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HC |
Cuxhaven |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing boats prior to 1933 |
||||||||||
|
HC |
Haughton Court |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HD |
Den Helder |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HD |
Halmstad |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
HD |
Hudson Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HE |
Hayle |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
HE |
Hope Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HEI |
Heikendorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HEIL |
Heiligenhaven |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HEL |
Helgoland |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HEL |
Hel |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
HEN |
Hennstedt |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
HEN |
Horst |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
HER |
Heringsdorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HET |
Hetlingen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HF |
Hafnarfjordur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
HF |
Hamburg - Finkenwerder |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HG |
Helsingborg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
HG |
Hjoring |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
HG |
Hodges |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HG |
Hyogo Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
HH |
Hamburg |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing boats |
||||||||||
|
HH |
Harbour Head |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HH |
Harwich |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
HI |
Hindelopen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HK |
Harderwijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HK |
Holbaek |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
HK |
Hokkaido Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
HL |
Hemellumer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HL |
Hartlepool |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
HL |
Hudiksvall |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
HM |
Hanstholm |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
HN |
Hoorn |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HND |
Harnosand |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
HO |
Holland Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HO |
Honfleur |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
HO |
Hoogeveen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HO |
Horumersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HOE |
Hoedekenskerke |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HOH |
Hohwacht |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HOK |
Hoek |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HON |
Hontenisse |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HOO |
Hooge Hooksiel Hoopte |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HOR |
Horst |
Pomerania Germany |
Of historic interest only for photographs prior to 1919. The village is now in Poland, is named Niechorze, and uses the Port Letter NIE |
||||||||||
|
HOR |
Horumersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HÖR |
Hornum (Sylt) |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HP |
Hoofdplaat |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HP |
Hopewell |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HR |
Harsova |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
HR |
Hectors River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HR |
Herkingen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HS |
Haamstede |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HS |
Hiroshima Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
HS |
Houmt Souq |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
HT |
Ha Tinh Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
HT |
Heenvliet |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HT |
Horta |
Faial, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
HTB |
Hout Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
HU |
Huelva |
Spain |
HU – 1 – nnn Ayamonte HU – 2 – nnn Isla Cristina HU – 3 – nnn Huelva |
||||||||||
|
HU |
Hunavatn |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
HUB |
Hubertsberg |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
HUS |
Husum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
HV |
Hadersley |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
HV |
Harvey’s |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HV |
Hellevoetsluis |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HV |
Hvar |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
HVH |
Hoek van Holland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HVL |
Hoogvliet |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HW |
Hoogwoud |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
HW |
Hope Wharf |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
HZ |
Huizen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
I |
Ironshore |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
I |
Isigny |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
IB |
Ibaraki Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
IB |
Ibiza |
Spain |
IB – 1 – nnn Ibeza IB – 2 - nnn San Antonio Abad IB – 3 - nnn Formentera |
||||||||||
|
IB |
Innes Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
IC |
Industry Cove |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
IE |
Irvine |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
IH |
Ipswich |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
IL |
Ilpendam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
IJM |
Ijmuiden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
IM |
Imperia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – AP |
Andhra Pradesh |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – DD |
Daman & Diu |
India |
DD-02-MM-nnn Diu motorised – inboard engine |
||||||||||
|
DD-02-MO-nnn Diu motorised – outboard engine |
|||||||||||||
|
DD-03-MM-nnn Daman motorised – inboard |
|||||||||||||
|
DD-03-MO-nnn Daman motorised – outboard |
|||||||||||||
|
IND – GA |
Goa |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – KA |
Karnataka |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – KL |
Kerala |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – LD |
Lakshadweep Islands |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
IND – TN |
Tamal Nadu |
India |
|
||||||||||
|
INS |
Inverness |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
IO |
Ilo |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
IO |
Isle d'Oleron |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
IS |
Isafjordur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
IS |
Ishikawa Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
IS |
Ist |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ITZ |
Itzehoe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
IW |
Iwatw Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
IZ |
Izola |
Slovenia |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
J |
|
Jersey |
|
||||||||||
|
JAN |
Jantar |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
JAR |
Jaroslawiec |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
JAS |
Jastarnia |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
JB |
Jablanac |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
JB |
Jackson Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
JEL |
Jelitkowo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
JEM |
Jemgum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
JFN |
Jaffna Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
JHF |
Johor State |
Malaysia |
JHF = Commercial fishing boat JHS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
JHI |
Hai |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
JHS |
Johor State |
Malaysia |
JHF = Commercial fishing boat JHS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
JJ |
Jijel |
Algeria |
May appear on boat as Latin script JJ or as Arabic script ج ج |
||||||||||
|
JL |
Jelsa |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
JMH |
Moshi rural |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
JMN |
Mwanga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
JN |
Sabah State |
Malaysia |
See entry for SJN |
||||||||||
|
JT |
Johnson Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
JRB |
Rombo |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
JSE |
Same |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
J3 |
|
Grenada |
Uses the first 2 symbols of the country international radio code as the “Port Letter”. |
||||||||||
|
J6 |
|
St. Lucia |
Uses the first 2 symbols of the country international radio code as the “Port Letter” |
||||||||||
|
J7 |
|
Dominica |
Uses the first 2 symbols of the country international radio code as the “Port Letter” |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
K |
Kaliningrad |
Russia |
Also appears to use KB, KI and KE - see below |
||||||||||
|
K |
Kieldrecht |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
K |
Kingston |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
K |
Kirkwall |
Orkney Islands Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
K |
Kopenhagen |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
K |
Kristiania (Christiania) |
Norway |
Of historic interest for photographs dating prior to 1926. The city is now known as Oslo and uses the Port Letter “O” |
||||||||||
|
KA |
Karlskrona |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
KAM |
Kamminke |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KAM |
Kamien Pomorski |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KAP |
Kappeln |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KAR |
Karlshagen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KAS |
Kasenort |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KAT |
Katy Rybackie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KC |
Kochi Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KCH |
Kilinochchi Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
KB ( KƂ ) |
Kaliningrad |
Russia |
Appears on boat as cyrillic KƂ |
||||||||||
|
KB |
Kalk Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
KB |
Karlobag |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
KB |
Krabbendijke |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KD |
Kristianstad |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
KD |
Kattendijke |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KE (KИ ) |
Kaliningrad |
Russia |
Port letters on Russian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. KE is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic letters KИ |
||||||||||
|
KE |
Koege |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
KE |
Keflavik |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
KE |
Kerkwerve |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KEL |
Kellenhusen |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KET |
Ketelsby |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KG |
Klaksvig |
Faeroe Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
KG |
Kagawa Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KG |
Kortgene |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KG |
Kien Gang Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
KH |
Khanh Hoa Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
KH |
Kolhorn |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KHA |
Kleinhagen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KHF |
Kedah State |
Malaysia |
KHF = Commercial fishing boat KHS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
KHS |
Kedah State |
Malaysia |
KHF = Commercial fishing boat KHS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
KIE |
Kiel |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KK |
Koudekerke |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KK |
Krk |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
KKB |
Kibondo |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Kigoma Region |
||||||||||
|
KKG |
Kigoma rural |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Kigoma Region |
||||||||||
|
KKM |
Kigoma urban |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Kigoma Region |
||||||||||
|
KKU |
Kasulu |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Kigoma Region |
||||||||||
|
KL |
Klaipeda |
Lithuania |
Also appears to use LT-P- |
||||||||||
|
KL |
Klundert |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KLT |
Kalutara Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
KM |
Kumamoto Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KMN |
Kalmunai Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
KMN |
Kamienica Elblaska |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KN |
Kanagawa Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KN |
Karlshamn |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
KN |
Kruiningen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KNF |
Kelantan State |
Malaysia |
KNF = Commercial fishing boat KNS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
KNO |
Knock |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KNS |
Kelantan State |
Malaysia |
KNF = Commercial fishing boat KNS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
KO |
Koog aan der Zaan |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KO |
Korcula |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
KOEL |
Koelpinsee |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KOL |
Kollmar |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KÖL |
Kolpinsee |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KOL |
Kolobrzeg |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
KOS |
Koserow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KP |
Kampen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KR |
Kalmar |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
KP |
Koper |
Slovenia |
|
||||||||||
|
KR |
Korsor |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
KR |
Kraljevica |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
KRA |
Kraksdorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KRM |
Krynica Morskai |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KRO |
Kronsgaard |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
KRÖ |
Kroeslin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KRS |
Karsibor |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KS |
Kagoshima Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KU |
Kuinre |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KÜH |
Kuehlungsborn |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
KUZ |
Kuznica |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
KV |
Kavarna |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. KV is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic letters KB or Kb |
||||||||||
|
KW |
Katwijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
KY |
Kirkcaldy |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
KY |
Kyoto Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
KZ |
Komiza |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
KZI |
Klein Zicker |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Lannion |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Laughlands |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Lemvig |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Limerick |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
L |
Luderitz |
Namiba |
Namibia uses the registration letter “L” for all fishing vessels |
||||||||||
|
LA |
Landskrona |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
LA |
Liepaja |
Latvia |
Also appears to use LVL |
||||||||||
|
LA |
Llanelli |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
LA |
Long Acre |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LA |
Lulea |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
LAB |
Laboe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LAN |
Langballigau |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
LAN |
Langeness |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
LANG |
Langholz |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
LAS |
Lassan |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LAU |
Lauterbach |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LB |
Lances Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LBN |
Lubin |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
LC |
Lucea |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LE |
Luneburgisch Finkenwarder |
Germany |
historic |
||||||||||
|
LE |
Leixoes |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
LE |
Lemsterland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LEB |
Leba |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
LEBA |
Leba |
Germany |
Historic marks only applicable before 1945. Territorial and political changes after 1945 have resulted in Leba becoming part of Poland |
||||||||||
|
LEE |
Leerort |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LEM |
Lemkenhafen |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
LF |
Luneburgisch Finkenwarder |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LG |
Lagos |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
LH |
Le Havre |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
LH |
Leith |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
LH |
Leith Hall |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LHA |
Nachingwea |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
LI |
Littlehampton |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
LI |
Livorno |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
LIN |
Lindaunis |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LIP |
Lippe |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
LIST |
List auf Sylt |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LIZ |
Lietzow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LK ΛK |
Corfu (Kerkyra) |
Greece |
Port letters appear on boats as ΛK in Greek script. LK is the Latin alphabet equivalent |
||||||||||
|
LK |
Lerwick |
Shetland Islands Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
LK |
Lubeck |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
LKW |
Kilwa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
LL |
Landdrostei Luneburg |
Germany |
historic |
||||||||||
|
LL |
Limassol |
Cyprus |
|
||||||||||
|
LL |
Liverpool |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
LL |
Lysekil |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
LLD |
Lindi rural |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
LLE |
Liwale |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
LLM |
Lindi urban |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
LM |
La Maddalena |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
LM |
Landsmeer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LN |
Lokken |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
LN |
Kings Lynn |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
LNF |
Labuan Federal Territory |
Malaysia |
LNF = Commercial fishing vessel |
||||||||||
|
LNG |
Linkoping |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
LO |
Lauwersoog |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LO |
London |
England |
|||||||||||
|
LO |
Long Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LO |
Lorient |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
LOB |
Lobbe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LOG |
Loga |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LP |
Lajes |
Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
LP |
Loppersum |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LR |
Lancaster |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
LR |
La Rochelle |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
LS |
Leens |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LS |
Sables d'Olonne |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
LT-P- |
Klaipeda |
Lithuania |
Also appears to use KL |
||||||||||
|
LT |
Little Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
LT |
Lowestoft |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
LU |
Lielupe |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
LU |
Lugo |
Spain |
LU – 1 – nnn Ribadeo LU – 2 - nnn Burela LU – 3 - nnn Vivero |
||||||||||
|
LUB |
Lubmin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LUD |
Ludwigsburg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LUN |
Nesserdeich |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
LUT |
Lutow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
LVL |
Liepaja |
Latvia |
Also appears to use LA |
||||||||||
|
LVR |
Riga |
Latvia |
Also appears to use RG |
||||||||||
|
LVV |
Ventspils |
Latvia |
Also appears to use VP |
||||||||||
|
LW |
Leewarden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
LX |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
LY |
Londonderry |
Northern Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
LY |
Lyssons |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
M |
Manchioneal |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
M |
Middelkerke |
Belgium |
|||||||||||
|
M |
Marstal |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
M |
Milford Haven |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
M |
Melilla |
Spain |
|
||||||||||
|
M |
Mor og Romsdal |
Norway |
M – nnn - A Alesund M – nnn - AE Aure M – nnn - AK Aukra M – nnn - AS Asskard M – nnn - AV Averoy M – nnn - B Borgund (historic) M – nnn - BL Bolsoy (historic) M – nnn - BS Bremsnes (historic) M – nnn - BU Bud (historic) M – nnn - BV Bratvaer (historic) M – nnn - D Dalsfjord M – nnn - E Edoy M – nnn - ED Eid M – nnn - EE Eide M – nnn - EV Eresfjord M – nnn - F Frena M – nnn - FI Frei (historic) M – nnn - G Giske M – nnn - GP Grip (historic) M – nnn - GS Gjemnes M – nnn - GT Grytten M – nnn - H Haram M – nnn - HD Hareid M – nnn - HF Hjorundfjord M – nnn - HN Hen M – nnn - HP Hopen (historic) M – nnn - HS Halsa M – nnn - HO Heroy M – nnn - HU Hustad (historic) M – nnn - K Kristiansund M – nnn - KD Kornstad (historic) M – nnn - KS Kvernes M – nnn - M Molde M – nnn - MD Midsund M – nnn - N Nesset M – nnn - NA Nord Aukra (historic) M – nnn - NL Norddal M – nnn - R Rovde M – nnn - RA Rauma M – nnn - S Sande M – nnn - SA Sor Aukra (historic) M – nnn - SA Sula M – nnn - SE Syvde M – nnn - SH Stemshaug M – nnn - SJ Skodje M – nnn - SK Sykkylven M – nnn - SL Stordal M – nnn - SM Smola M – nnn - SN Sunnylven M – nnn - SR Surnadal M – nnn - SS Straumsnes M – nnn - ST Stranda M – nnn - SU Sunndal M – nnn - SO Sandoy M – nnn - SV Stangvik M – nnn - T Tustna (historic) M – nnn - TF Tresfjord M – nnn - TV Tingvoll M – nnn - U Ulstein M – nnn - V Vigra (historic) M – nnn - VA Volda M – nnn - VD Orsta M – nnn - VE Vatne (historic) M – nnn - VF Valsoyfjord M – nnn - VL Voll M – nnn - VN Vanylven M – nnn - VO Veoy M – nnn - VS Vestnes M – nnn - Ř Orsta M – nnn - ŘE Ore M – nnn - ŘG Orskog |
||||||||||
|
M |
Murmansk |
Russia |
See Cyrillic alphabet at the end of this table for additional Port Letters |
||||||||||
|
MA |
Maio |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
MA |
Makarska |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
MA |
Malaga |
Spain |
MA – 1 – nnn Estapona MA – 2 – nnn Marbella MA – 3 – nnn Fuengirola MA – 4 – nnn Malaga MA – 5 – nnn Velez – Malaga MA – 6 – nnn Motril (historic) |
||||||||||
|
MA |
Maassluis |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MA |
Mahdia |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
MA |
Mahoe Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MA |
Marseilles |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
MAA |
Maasholm |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MAH |
Mahlzow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MB |
Market Beach |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MBA |
Mossel Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
MC |
Marina Di Carrara |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MC |
Mosquuito Cove |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MD |
Marstrand |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
MD |
Moscenicka Draga |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ME |
Medemblik |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ME |
Mie Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
ME |
Messina |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
ME |
Montrose |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
ME |
Mount Edgecomb |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MEC |
Mechelinki |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
MEL |
Meldorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MF |
Manfredonia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MFA
MFB
MFC
MFD |
|
Malta |
This style of port letters has been used from 2004 onwards. Prior to 2004 boats use either F (full time) or PT (part time) as the registration letters MFA and MFB are the professional categories - vessels whose catch can be marketed. The difference between them is that MFA are full time vessels while MFB are part time. MFC vessels are vessels that cannot commercialize their catch. (eg recreational fishing. They are restricted in the type of fishing gear that can be used ). MFD registrations are completely different from those described previously. MFD vessels are not engaged in the catching of fish. Specifically, the MFD category involves auxiliary vessels such as those involved in the carriage of fish or assistance on fish farms. |
||||||||||
|
MG |
Mangalia |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
MG |
Middelburg |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MG |
Miyagi Prrefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
MG |
Mostaganem |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script MG or as Arabic script غ م |
||||||||||
|
MGA |
Geita |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MH |
Menorca |
Spain |
MH – 1 – nnn Ciudadela MH – 2 – nnn Mahon |
||||||||||
|
MH |
Middlesborough |
England |
|||||||||||
|
MIK |
Mikoszewo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
MIW |
Miedzywodzie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
MIZ |
Miedzyzdroje |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
MK |
Malinska |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
MK |
Marken |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MK |
Murmansk |
Russia |
May also use port letter M |
||||||||||
|
MKM |
Malya |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
ML |
Maasland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ML |
Mali Losinj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ML |
Methil |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
ML |
Molfetta |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MLL |
Melilla |
Spanish North Africa |
MML – 1 – nnn Melilla |
||||||||||
|
MLT |
Mullativu Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
MM |
Mamaia |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
MM |
Mom |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
MMM |
Mammee Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MMW |
Mwanza City |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MMWG |
Nyamagana |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MMWL |
Ilemela |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MN |
Maldon |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
MN |
Marennes |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
MN |
Milna |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
MN |
Monfalcone |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MNR |
Mannar Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
MO |
Malmo |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
MO |
Mollendo |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
MO |
Monastir |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
MO |
Monnikendam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MO |
Morant Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MÖN |
Moenkebude |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MP |
Meppel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MR |
Manchester |
England |
|||||||||||
|
MR |
Mersrags |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
MRZ |
Mrzezyno |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
MSR |
Sengerema |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MSU |
Misungwi |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
MT |
Martigues |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
MT |
Maryport |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
MT |
Metkovic |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
MT |
Middlefart |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
MT |
Mitchell Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
MTR |
Matara Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
MU |
Muiden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
MU |
Murter |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
MUK |
Mukran |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MUK |
Ukerewe |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MUM |
Magu |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mwanza Region |
||||||||||
|
MUN |
Munkmarsch-Sylt |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
MV |
Mazara del Vallo |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MX |
Morlaix |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
MZ |
Milazzo |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
MZ |
Miyazaki Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Nakskov |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Nazare |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
N |
Neringa |
Lithuania |
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Newport |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Newry |
Northern Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Nieuwpoort |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
N |
Nordland |
Norway |
N - nnn - A Andenes (historic) N – nnn – A Andoy N – nnn – AH Alstahaug N – nnn – AN Ankenes (historic) N – nnn – B Bodo N – nnn – BA Beiarn N – nnn – BD Bronnoysund N – nnn – BE Borge (historic) N – nnn – BG Ballangen N – nnn – BJ Bjornskinn N – nnn – BL Bindal N – nnn – BN Bodin (historic) N – nnn – BR Bronnoy N – nnn – BS Buksnes (historic) N – nnn – BO Bo N – nnn – D Dverberg N – nnn – DA Donna N – nnn - DA Drevja (historic) N – nnn – DS Donnes (historic) N – nnn – E Evenes N – nnn – F Flakstad N – nnn – FE Fauske N – nnn – G Gildeskal N – nnn – GM Gimsoy (historic) N – nnn – H Hadsel N – nnn – HL Hol (historic) N – nnn – HM Hamaroy N – nnn – HR Heroy N – nnn – HS Hemnes N – nnn – K Kjerringoy (historic) N – nnn – KN Korgen N – nnn – L Luroy N – nnn – LF Leirfjord N – nnn – LN Lodingen N – nnn – LR Leiranger (historic) N – nnn – LS Langenes (historic) N – nnn – M Mosjoen N – nnn – ME Meloy N – nnn – MO Mo N – nnn – MS Moskenes N – nnn – N Narvik N – nnn – NA Nesna N – nnn – NF Nordfold (historic) N – nnn – NR Nord Rana N – nnn – NV Nordvik N – nnn – R Roddy N – nnn – RA Rana N – nnn – RT Rost N – nnn - S Svolver (historic) N – nnn – SA Somna N – nnn – SD Skjerstad N – nnn – SF Sorfold N – nnn – SG Steigen N – nnn – SL Saltdal N – nnn – SO Sortland N – nnn – SR Sor Rana N - nnn - SS Sandnessjoen (historic) N – nnn – SS Stamnes N – nnn – T Tjotta (historic) N – nnn – TF Tysfjord N – nnn – TN Trena N – nnn – TS Tjeldsund N – nnn – V Vagan N – nnn – VA Vega N – nnn – VB Varlberg (historic) N – nnn – VF Velfjord N – nnn – VK Vik N – nnn – VN Vefsn N – nnn – VR Veroy N – nnn – VS Vevelstad N – nnn – VV Vestvagoy N – nnn – Ř Oksnes |
||||||||||
|
N |
Norwich |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
NA |
Accumersiel |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing boats. Coastal fishing boats use Port Letters ACC |
||||||||||
|
NA |
Aruba |
Dutch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NA |
Nantes |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
NA |
Naples |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
NA |
Nighe An Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
NB |
Bonaire |
Dutch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NB |
Brake |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing vessels. Coastal fishing boats used the letters BRA |
||||||||||
|
NB |
Nieuw Beierland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NBO |
Negombo Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
NC |
Curacao |
Dutch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NC |
Cuxhaven |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing vessels. Coastal fishing boats used the letters CUX |
||||||||||
|
NC |
|
New Caledonia |
French Overseas Collectivity in the Pacific Ocean |
||||||||||
|
ND |
Nakhodka |
Russia |
Appears on boat as Cyrillic letters НД |
||||||||||
|
ND |
Novigrad (Cittanova) |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ND |
Nyord |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
ND |
Nieuwe Niedorp |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ND |
Norddeich |
Germany |
Port letters for high seas fishing vessels. Coastal fishing boats used the letters NOR |
||||||||||
|
NE |
Newcastle |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
NE |
Sint Eustatius |
Duch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NEE |
Neeberg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NEK |
Neuenkirchen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NEL |
Neuenlandersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NEO |
Neuhaus |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NER |
Neuendorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NES |
Nessmersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NEU |
Neuharlingersiel |
Germany |
North sea harbours |
||||||||||
|
NEU |
Neustadt Holstein |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
NEUK |
Neukirchen |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
NEW |
Neuendorf Wolgast |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NF |
Nykjobing |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
NFD |
Mufindi |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NG |
Ditzum/Emden |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NG |
Negril |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
NG |
Novigrad (Dalmacija) |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
NG |
Nyborg |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
NG |
Nykoping |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
NH |
Newton Haven |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
NI |
Nice |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
NI |
Nieuwendam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NI |
Nigata Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
NID |
Nidden |
Germany |
Only of historic interest to identify photographs before 1945. This fishing port was formerly located in Prussia and then Germany, but is now in Lithuania and the name has changed to Nida |
||||||||||
|
NIE |
Niechorze |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
NIE |
Niendorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
NIK |
Kilolo |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NIR |
Iringa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NK |
Neskaupstadur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
NK |
Nijkerk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NKG |
Norrkoping |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
NM |
Nine Miles |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
NM |
Sint Marteen |
Dutch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NMK |
Makete |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NN |
Nagano Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
NN |
Newhaven |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
NND |
Njombe |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NO |
Noirmoutier |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
NO |
Novi Vinodolski |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
NOR |
Norddeich |
Germany |
Port letters for coastal fishing boats. High seas fishing boats use Port letters ND |
||||||||||
|
NR |
Nara Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
NRE |
Neu Reddevitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
NRW |
Rudewa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
NS |
Nagasaki Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
NS |
Nessebar |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script and will display on the boat as, approximately HC. The nearest latin script equivalent is NS |
||||||||||
|
NS |
New Ross |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
NS |
Saba |
Dutch Caribbean |
|
||||||||||
|
NS |
Seydisfjordur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
NT |
Ninh Thuan Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
NT |
Nord-Trondelag |
Norway |
NT – nnn – A Asen NT – nnn – B Beitstad NT – nnn – E Egge NT – nnn – F Flatanger NT – nnn – FA Frostna NT – nnn – FD Foldereid NT – nnn – FL Frol NT – nnn – FS Fosnes NT – nnn – G Gravvik NT – nnn – I Inderoy NT – nnn – K Kolvereid NT – nnn – L Levanger NT – nnn – LA Leka NT – nnn – LV Leksvik NT – nnn – M Malm NT – nnn – MV Mosvik NT – nnn – N Namsos NT – nnn – NL Namalseid NT – nnn – NR Neroy NT – nnn – O Otteroy NT – nnn – OL Ogndal NT – nnn – R Rora NT – nnn – S Steinkjer NT – nnn – SB Sparbu NT – nnn – SD Stjordal NT – nnn – SK Skogn NT – nnn – SN Sandvollan NT – nnn – SV Skatvaal NT – nnn – V Vikna NT – nnn – VL Verdal NT – nnn – VN Verran NT – nnn – VV Vemondvik NT – nnn – Y Ytteroy |
||||||||||
|
NTO |
Nieuwe Tonge |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NV |
Nieuw Vossemeer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NV |
Novalja |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
NW |
Noordwijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
NZ |
Nazare |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
NZ |
Terneuzen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
O |
Odense |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
O |
Olhao |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
O |
Oracabessa |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
O |
Oslo |
Norway |
O – nnn – O Oslo |
||||||||||
|
O |
Ostende |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
Ř |
Řstfold |
Norway |
Ř – nnn – B Berg Ř – nnn – BO Borge Ř – nnn – F Fredrikstad Ř – nnn – G Glemmen Ř – nnn – H Hvaler Ř – nnn – HD Halden Ř – nnn – K Krakeroy Ř – nnn – M Moss Ř – nnn – O Onsoy Ř – nnn – R Rygge Ř – nnn – RD Rade Ř – nnn – S Sarpsborg Ř – nnn – SB Skjeberg Ř – nnn – T Torsnes Ř – nnn – TU Tune |
||||||||||
|
OB |
Bezirk Brake |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OB |
Oban |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
OB |
Orange Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OD |
Ouddrop |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OD |
Oost Duinkerke |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
OBD |
Oudenbosch |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OBL |
Obluze |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
OE |
Elsfleth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OF |
Olafsfuordur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
OF |
Old Folly |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OG |
Orange Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OH |
Oosthuizen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OH |
Orange Hill |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OHB |
Old Harbour Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OHR |
Ohrfeldhaff |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
OIG |
Igunga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OK |
Ouwerkerk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OK |
Ornskoldsvik |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
OKS |
Oksywie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
OL |
Olbia |
Sardinia Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
OL |
Olhao |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
OL |
Oostdongeradel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OLA |
Oland |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OLD |
Oldersum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OLP |
Olpenitz |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
OM |
Omisalj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ON |
Nordenham |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ON |
Okinawa Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
ON |
Oskarshamn |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
ONZ |
Nzega |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OO |
Oosterland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OO |
Oldenburg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OP |
Opatija |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
OR |
Ocho Rios |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
OR |
Oran |
Algeria |
|
||||||||||
|
OR |
Orebic |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
OR |
Ortona |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
OR |
Rustringen Wilhelmshaven |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ORD |
Ording |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ORL |
Orlowo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
ORT |
Orth |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
OS |
Omis |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
OS |
Oristano |
Sardinia Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
OS |
Osaka Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
OS |
Ossenisse |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OSK |
Sikonge |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OT |
Oita Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
OTB |
Tabora |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OTT |
Otterndorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OUR |
Urambo |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OUY |
Uyui |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
OV |
Oud Vossemeer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OV |
Varel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OW |
Wangeroog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OWS |
O & W Souburg |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
OX |
Blexen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
OY |
Okayama Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
OZ |
Oostzaan |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
P |
Paimpol |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
P |
La Panne |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
P |
Petropavlovsk |
Russia |
Port letters on Russian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. P is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Π |
||||||||||
|
P |
Portsmouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
P |
Prospect |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PA |
Palermo |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PA |
Pitea |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
PA |
Port Antonio |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PAF |
Pahang State |
Malaysia |
PAF = Commercial fishing boat PAS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PAP |
Papenburg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PAS |
Pahang State |
Malaysia |
PAF = Commercial fishing boat PAS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PAS |
Nowa Pasleka |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
PC |
Cranz an der Elbe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PC |
Pescara |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PD |
Paradise |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PD |
Peterhead |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
PD |
Ponta Delgada |
Sao Miguel, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
PE |
Peniche |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
PE |
Pera |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PE |
Poole |
England |
|||||||||||
|
PE |
Porto Empedocle |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PEA |
Port Elizabeth |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
PEE |
Peenemunde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PEH |
Perth |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
PEL |
Pellworm |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PEP |
Pepelow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PET |
Petkum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PF |
Passage Fort |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PF |
Portoferraio |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PG |
Cuxhaven |
Germany |
Historic port letters for high seas fishing boats 1933 - 1949 |
||||||||||
|
PG |
Pag |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PG |
Pagee |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PGW |
Port Glasgow |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
PH |
Philippeville |
Algeria |
Of historic interest only. These Port Letters relate to the period of French colonial rule. The town is now called Skikda |
||||||||||
|
PH |
Plymouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
PH |
Port Henderson |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
ţH |
Ţorshofn |
Iceland |
TH is the nearest English equivalent to the Icelandic letter ţ, so ţorshofn = Thorshofn |
||||||||||
|
PI |
Philippine |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PI |
Piran |
Slovenia |
|
||||||||||
|
PIA |
Piaski |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
PKF PKS |
Perak State |
Malaysia |
PKF = Commerical fishing boat PKS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PL |
Paimpol |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
PL |
Peel |
Isle of Man |
|
||||||||||
|
PL |
Pimentel |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
PL |
Ploce |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PM |
Mallorca |
Spain |
PM – 1 – nnn Palma de Mallorca PM – 2 - nnn Alcudia PM – 3 – nnn Mahon PM – 4 – nnn Cuidadeia
PM – 2 – nnn Andraitx (historic) PM – 3 – nnn Palma (historic) PM – 4 – nnn Alcudia (historic) |
||||||||||
|
PM |
Pomorie |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. PM is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Π M |
||||||||||
|
PM |
Portimao |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
PM |
Port Morant |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PM |
Purmerend |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PMH |
Princess Margaret Hospital Beach |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PMR |
Priestman’s River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PN |
Pointe Noir |
Congo |
|||||||||||
|
PN |
Preston |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
PN |
Punat |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PO |
Pavisosta |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
PO |
Porec |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PO |
Portland |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
PO |
Pozzallo |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
POE |
Poel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
POG |
Pogum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
POL |
Polchow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PP |
Pointe a Pitre |
Guadeloupe |
French overseas region - Caribbean |
||||||||||
|
PPF |
Pulau Pinang State |
Malaysia |
PPF = Commercial fishing boat PPS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PPS |
Pulau Pinang State |
Malaysia |
PPF = Commercial fishing boat PPS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PQ |
Berg River |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
PR |
Pernis |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PR |
Port Royal |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PR |
Preko |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PR |
Primorsko |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. PR is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic letters П Р |
||||||||||
|
PRE |
Prerow A Darss |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PRU |
Pruchten |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PRZ |
Przytor |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
PS |
Pesaro |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PS |
Pisco |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
PS |
Porto Santo |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
PS |
Primosten |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PS |
Sint Philipsind |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PSF |
Perlis State |
Malaysia |
PSF = Commercial fishing boat PSS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PSS |
Perlis State |
Malaysia |
PSF = Commercial fishing boat PSS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
PT |
Douro |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
PT |
Paita |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
PT |
Parottee |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PT |
|
Malta |
Historic
port letter : PT = part time fishing boat. |
||||||||||
|
PT |
Port Talbot |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
PT |
Porto Torres |
Sardinia Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
PT |
Port letters after about 2020 all commence with PT followed by a 3 letter code for the invididual port |
Portugal |
PTAFB Albufiera PTADH Angra do Heroismo Terceira Azores PTAVC Ancora PTAVE Aveiro PTBRO Barreiro PTCAM Caminha PTCAS Cascais PTDUO Douro PTEPS Esposende PTERC Ericeira PTFAO Faro PTFDF Figuera da Foz PTFNC Funchal Madiera PTFUS Fuzeta PTHOR Horta Faial Azores PTLDP Lajaes Terceira Azores PTLEI Leixoes PTLIS Lisbon PTNZR Nazare PTOLH Olhao PTPDL Ponta Delgado Sao Miguel Azores PTPDV Povoa de Varzim PTPEN Peniche PTPRM Portimao PTPRV Praie da Vitoria PTPXO Porto Santo (Madiera) PTQRT Quarteira PTSAG Sagres PTSCF Santa Cruz da Flores Azores PTSCG Santa Cruz da Graciosa Azores PTSET Setubal PTSIE Sines PTSMO Sao Martinho do Porto PTSRP Sao Roque de Pico Azores PTTRF Trafaria PTTVR Tavira PTVDC Viana do Castelo PTVDP Vila do Porto Santa Maria Azores PTVEL Velas Sao Jorge Azores PTVIC Vila do Conde PTVFC Vila Franca do Campo PTVFX Vila Franca de Xira PTVRE Vila Real de Santo Antonia |
||||||||||
|
PTM |
Puttalama Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
PU |
Pula |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PU |
Putten |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PUC |
Puck |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
PUT |
Puttgarden |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
PV |
Poortvliet |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
PV |
Port Vendres |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
PV |
Povoa de Varzim |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
PV |
Privlaka |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
PW |
Padstow |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
PY |
|
French Polynesia |
French Overseas Collectivity in the Pacific Ocean |
||||||||||
|
PY |
Phu Yen Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
PY |
Priory |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
PZ |
Penzance |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Q |
Quarteira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
QB |
Quang Binh Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
QN |
Quang Ninh Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
QNa |
Quang Nam Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
QNK |
Nkasi |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Rukwa Region |
||||||||||
|
QNg |
Quang Ngai Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
QPD |
Mpanda |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Rukwa Region |
||||||||||
|
QSB |
Sumbawanga |
Tanzania |
Lake Tanganyika – Rukwa Region |
||||||||||
|
QT |
Quang Tri Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
QT |
Quarteira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
R |
Ramsgate |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
R |
Ribe |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
R |
Rock |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
R |
Rogaland |
Norway |
R – nnn – A Akra (historic) R – nnn – AL Ardal R – nnn – AS Avaldsnes (historic) R – nnn – B Bokn R – nnn – E Egersund R – nnn – EF Erfjord R – nnn – ES Eigersund R – nnn – F Finnoy R – nnn – FD Forsand R – nnn – FR Fister R – nnn – G Gjesdal R – nnn – H Haugesund R – nnn – HA Ha R – nnn – HM Hjelmland R – nnn – HO Hole R – nnn – HT Hetland R – nnn – HY Hoyland R – nnn – ID Imsland R – nnn – J Jelsa R – nnn – K Karmoy R – nnn – K Kopervik (historic) R – nnn – KP Klepp R – nnn – KV Kvitsoy R – nnn – L Lund R – nnn – M Musteroy R – nnn – MA Madia R – nnn – N Nedstrand R – nnn – NB Nerbo R – nnn – O Ogna R – nnn – R Rennesoy R – nnn – RB Randaberg R – nnn – S Stavanger R – nnn – SA Sauda R – nnn – SD Sand (historic) R – nnn – SD Suldal R – nnn – SE Skare R – nnn – SG Sogndal R – nnn – SH Skudenes R – nnn – SI Sandeid R – nnn – SJ Skjold R – nnn – SK Sokndal R – nnn – SL Stangaland (historic) R – nnn – SN Skudeneshavn R – nnn – SŘ Sjernaroy R – nnn – SO Sola R – nnn – SS Sandnes R – nnn – ST Strand R – nnn – T Torvastad R – nnn – TV Tysver R – nnn – U Utsira R – nnn – V Varhaug (historic) R – nnn – V Vindafjord R – nnn – VD Vikedal R – nnn – VS Vats |
||||||||||
|
R |
Rostock |
Germany |
Prior to 1919 |
||||||||||
|
R |
Rouen |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
RA |
Rangarvalla |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
RA |
Ravenna |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
RA |
Roja |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
RAD |
Radeland |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
RAN |
Rankwitz |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
RAN |
Rantum (Sylt) |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
RB |
Rab |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RB |
River Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RBD |
Bunda |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mara Region |
||||||||||
|
RC |
Rabac |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RC |
Reggio Calabria |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
RD |
Ransdorp |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
RD |
Reading |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RE |
Region Ecuatorial |
Spain |
Historic marks that relate to the period of Spanish colonial rule. Political and territorial changes mean they are no longer valid.
RE – 1 – nnn Santa Isabel RE – 2 – nnn Bata RE – 3 – nnn Rio Benito RE – 4 – nnn San Carlos |
||||||||||
|
RE |
Regua |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
RE |
Reykjavik |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
RED |
Redentin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
RER |
Rerik |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
REW |
Rewal |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
REW |
Rewahl |
Pomerania Germany |
Of historic interest only for photographs prior to 1919. The town is now called Rewal and is in Poland |
||||||||||
|
RG |
Ribeira Grande |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
RG |
Riga |
Latvia |
Also appears to use LVR |
||||||||||
|
RG |
Rogoznica |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RI |
Ringkobing |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
RI |
Rio Bueno |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RIB |
Ribnitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
RIT |
Rieth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
RK |
Rijeka |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RK |
Rocky Point |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RL |
Rilland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
RM |
Rimini |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
RMU |
Musoma rural |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mara Region |
||||||||||
|
RMUN |
Musoma urban |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mara Region |
||||||||||
|
RN |
Rio Nuevo |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RN |
Runcorn |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Robins Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Rogac |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Rome |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Ronne |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
RO |
Rothesay |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
ROD |
Rodenkirchen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ROS |
Rostock |
Germany |
After 1949 |
||||||||||
|
ROW |
Rowy |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
RP |
de Rijp |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
RP |
Rocky Point |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RR |
Rochester |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
RS |
Randers |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
RS |
Rasa |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RS |
Rostock |
Germany |
Historic letters for 1919 - 1922 |
||||||||||
|
RST |
Serengeti |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mara Region |
||||||||||
|
RT |
Rae Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RTE |
Tarime |
Tanzania |
Lake Victoria – Mara Region |
||||||||||
|
RU |
La Reunion |
La Reunion |
French overseas region - Indian Ocean |
||||||||||
|
RU |
Rudkjobing |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
RU |
Runaway Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RUG |
Rugenwalde |
Pomerania Germany |
Of historic interest only for photographs prior to 1919. Rugenwalde is now in Poland |
||||||||||
|
RV |
Revival |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
RV |
Rovinj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
RWL |
Rewal |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
RX |
Rye |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
RY |
Ramsey |
Isle of Man |
|
||||||||||
|
RY |
Rannsby |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
RYS |
Rysum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
S |
Skagen |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
S |
Skibbereen |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
S |
Smithsfield |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Amrum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Sagres |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SA |
Salerno |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Sali |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Sandfor Sando-Syssel |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Santo Antao |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Skelleftea |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
St. Anne |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SA |
Swansea |
Wales |
|
||||||||||
|
SAL |
Sint Annaland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SAB |
St. Annes Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SAN |
Sansted |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SAP |
Schaprode |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SAS |
Sassnitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
Schleswig Burgstaaken |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
Sanaco Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
San Benedetto del Tronto |
Italy |
|||||||||||
|
SB |
Sesimbra |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SB |
Sibenik |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
Sodertelje |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
St. Brieuc |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
SB |
Svaneke |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
SBH |
Saldanha Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
SC |
Schleswig Busum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SC |
Scilly Islands |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SC |
Scotts Cove |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SC |
Sucuraj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SCH |
Scheveningen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SCHL |
Schlutersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SCHLE |
Schleswig |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SCHLU |
Schlutup |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SCHÖN |
Schonberger Strand |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SCHUB |
Schuby |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SCS |
Success |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SD |
Schleswig Altona |
Germany |
Before 1937 |
||||||||||
|
SD |
Schleswig Friedrichskoog |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SD |
Sandy Point |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SD |
Starigrad Paklenica |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SD |
Stromstad |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SD |
Sunderland |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SDM |
Schiedam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SE |
Elmshorn Seester |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SE |
Salcombe |
England |
|||||||||||
|
SE |
Senj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SE |
Setubal |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SE |
Sevilla |
Spain |
SE – 1 – nnn Sanlucar de Barrameda SE – 2 – nnn Sevilla |
||||||||||
|
SE |
Skulte |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
SE |
Sodertetje |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SE |
Svaneke |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
SEE |
Seedorf |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
SEE |
Seestermuhe |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
SF |
Santa Cruz |
Flores, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SF |
Sarawak State |
Malaysia |
The format as displayed on commercial fishing boats seems to be SF1-nnn SF2-nnn SF3-nnn
Sampans appear to use the format SFS2 – nnn SFS3-nnn etc |
||||||||||
|
SF |
Sfax |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
SF |
Skaptafells |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SF |
Sogn og Fjordane |
Norway |
SF – nnn - A Askvoll SF – nnn - AD Aurland SF – nnn - AL Ardal SF – nnn - B Bremanger SF – nnn - BK Brekke SF – nnn - BS Balestrand SF – nnn - BU Bru SF – nnn - D Davik SF – nnn - E Eid SF – nnn - EF Eikefjord SF – nnn - F Flora SF – nnn - FD Forde SF – nnn - FL Fjaler SF – nnn - G Gulen SF – nnn - GP Gloppen SF – nnn – GR Gaular SF – nnn - H Hyllestad SF – nnn - HO Hafslo (historic) SF – nnn - HO Hoyanger SF – nnn - I Innvik SF – nnn - K Kinn (historic) SF – nnn - KB Kyrkjebo SF – nnn - L Leikanger SF – nnn - LL Lerdal SF – nnn - LS Luster SF – nnn - LV Lavik SF – nnn - N Naustdal SF – nnn - NV Nord Vagsoy (historic) SF – nnn - S Selje SF – nnn - SD Sogndal SF – nnn - ST Stryn SF – nnn - SU Solund SF – nnn - SV Sor Vagsoy (historic) SF – nnn - V Vagsoy SF – nnn - V Vevring (historic) SF – nnn - VK Vik |
||||||||||
|
SF
|
Singapore
|
Singapore |
SF – Non mechanically propelled or outboard engine only SMF – Inboard engine SMFC – licensed for carriage only of fish SMFT – licensed only for towing of nibong poles |
||||||||||
|
SG |
Saga Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Salacgriva |
Latvia |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Santa Cruz |
Graciosa, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SG |
Gluckstad |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Solveborg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Spring Garden |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Starigrad |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SG |
Svendborg |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
Schleswig Heiligenhaven |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
Scarborough |
England |
|||||||||||
|
SH |
Snaefellsnes |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
Schellinkhout |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
Shiga Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
Snow Hill |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SH |
St. Helena Bay |
South Africa |
|
||||||||||
|
SHB |
Shabla |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script and will appear on the boat as ШƂ |
||||||||||
|
SI |
Safi |
Morocco |
Historic interest only - these Port Letters relate to the period of French colonial rule in Morocco
These Port Letters were identified on the basis of a single old photograph and should be regarded as provisional |
||||||||||
|
SI |
Sidi Ifni |
Spanish Morocco |
Historic marks that relate to the period of Spanish colonial rule. Political and territorial changes mean they are no longer valid. |
||||||||||
|
SI |
Scherpenisse |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SI |
Siglufjordur |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SIE |
Sierksdorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SIN |
Simrishamn |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SJ |
Sveti Juraj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SJN |
Sabah State |
Malaysia |
The lettering, as applied to the boat, appears to be in the format SJN nnn F where nnn is the individual boat number and the final F = commercial fishing boat It also appears common for the letter S not to be displayed so the lettering appears as JN nnn F |
||||||||||
|
SK |
Keitum |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
SK |
Keil |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
SK |
Skagefjord |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SK |
Skikda |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script SK or as Arabic script س ك |
||||||||||
|
SKT |
Iramba |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Sal |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Salem |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Silba |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Stellendam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Sulina |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Sundsvall |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SL |
Schleswig Haffkrug |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SLF |
Selangor State |
Malaysia |
SLF = Commercial fishing boat SLS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
SLM |
Salt Marsh |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SLO |
Sloten Friesland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SLS |
Selangor State |
Malaysia |
SLF = Commercial fishing boat SLS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
SM |
Muhlenberg Maasholm |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
Sao Martinho do Porto |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SM |
Seven Miles |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
Shimane Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
Shoreham |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
St. Malo |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
SM |
Sumartin |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SMA |
Smallingerland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SMA |
St.Margaret’s Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SMD |
St. Maartensdijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SMH |
St. Margarets Hope |
Orkney Islands Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
SMI |
Smilde |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SMY |
Manyoni |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
SN |
North Shields |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SN |
Sao Nicolau |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
SN |
St. Nazare |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
SN |
Schleswig Neustadt |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SN |
Sines |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SN |
Soderhamn |
Sweden |
|||||||||||
|
SN |
Ston |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SNE |
Sneek |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SO |
Sonderborg |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
SO |
Schleswig Niendorf |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
SO |
Slano |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SO |
Sligo |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
SO |
Sousse |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
SOP |
Sopot |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
SP |
|
St. Pierre and Miquelon |
French Territorial Collectivity at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
||||||||||
|
SP |
La Spezia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
SP |
Salmon Point |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SP |
Pellworm |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SP |
Spaarndam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SPA |
Spandowerhagen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SPI |
Spieka |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SR |
Kirkeby auf Rom Eckernforde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SR |
Salt River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
SR |
Sao Roque |
Pico, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
SR |
Siracusa |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
SR |
Sobra |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SR |
Stranraer |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
SRN |
Schermernorn |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SS |
St. Ives |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SS |
San Sebastian |
Spain |
SS – 1 – nnn Fuenterrabia SS – 2 - nnn Passajes SS – 3 – nnn Guetaria
SS - 1 - nnn Passajes (historic) SS - 2 – nnn San Sebastian (historic) SS – 3 – nnn Zumaya (historic) |
||||||||||
|
SS |
Silistra |
Bulgaria |
Danube river port. Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script and will appear on the boat as CC |
||||||||||
|
SS |
Susak |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SS |
Wedel-Schulau |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SSA |
Singida urban |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
SSS |
South Shields |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SSW |
Singida rural |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Saitama Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Santander |
Spain |
ST – 1 – nnn Castro-Urdiales ST – 2 – nnn Laredo ST – 3 – nnn Santona ST – 4 – nnn Santander ST – 5 – nnn Requejada ST – 6 – nnn San Vicente de la Barquera |
||||||||||
|
ST |
Santiago |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Schleswig Tonning |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Sete |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Soc Tran Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Sor-Trondelag |
Norway |
ST – nnn - A Agdenes ST – nnn - AA Afjord ST – nnn - B Bjugn ST – nnn - BA Borsa ST – nnn - BT Byneset ST – nnn - BU Buvik ST – nnn - F Fillan (historic) ST – nnn - F Froya ST – nnn - G Geitastrand ST – nnn - H Hitra ST – nnn - HE Hemne ST – nnn - HM Heim ST – nnn - J Jossund ST – nnn - K Kvenvaer ST – nnn - L Lenvik ST – nnn - N Nes (historic) ST – nnn - NF Nord Froya (historic) ST – nnn - O Osen ST – nnn - OL Ordal ST – nnn - OR Orkanger ST – nnn - R Roan ST – nnn - RS Rissa ST – nnn - S Stoksund (historic) ST – nnn - SA Strinda ST – nnn - SB Stadsbygd ST – nnn - SD Sandstad ST – nnn - SF Sor Froya (historic) ST – nnn – SI Snillfjord ST – nnn - SK Skaun ST – nnn - SL Snilfjord ST – nnn - SN Stjorna (historic) ST – nnn - T Trondheim ST – nnn - V Vinje ST – nnn - Ř Orland |
||||||||||
|
ST |
Split |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Stavoren |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Stewart Town |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Stockton |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
ST |
Stranda Syssel |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
STA |
Stade |
Germany |
North sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
STA |
Stahlbrode |
Germany |
Baltic sea harbour |
||||||||||
|
STE |
Stegna |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
STE |
Stein |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
STEI |
Steinberghaff |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
STL |
Schoterland |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
STL |
Stolczyn |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
STM |
St. Mary |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
STO |
Stolpemunde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
STO |
Stoppeldijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
STP |
Stepnica |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
STR |
Stralsund |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
STRA |
Strande |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
STRU |
Strukkamp |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
St.B |
St. Brieue |
France |
|||||||||||
|
St.VC |
St. Valery en Caux |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
St.VSS |
St Valery sur Somme |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
SU |
Schleswig Husum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SU |
Southampton |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
SU |
Sudurmula |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
SU |
Supetar |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
SUC |
Suchacz |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
SV |
Sao Vicente |
Cape Verde Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
SV |
Savona |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
SV |
Schleswig Hornum |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SV |
Stavenisse |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SVG |
Sas van Gent |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
SW |
Wyk auf Fohr |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SWA |
Swarzewo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
SWB |
Swibno |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
SWI |
Swinoujscie |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
SY |
Salaverry |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
SY |
Stornoway |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
SY |
Schleswig Teufelsbruk |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SX |
Schleswig Helgoland |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
SZ |
Shizuoka Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
SZ |
Sozopol |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. SZ is the nearest Latin script equivalent. The port letters on the boat will look like C3 in cyrillic |
||||||||||
|
SZN |
Szczecin |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
SZT |
Sztutowo |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
T |
Tavira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
T |
Thistead |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
T |
Tralee |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
T |
Troms |
Norway |
T – nnn - A Andorja (historic) T – nnn - AF Astafjord (historic) T – nnn – B Balsfjord T – nnn – BG Berg T – nnn – BK Bjarkoy (historic) T – nnn – D Dyroy T – nnn – G Grantagen T – nnn – H Harstad T – nnn - HG Helgoy (historic) T – nnn - HS Hillesoy (historic) T – nnn – I Ibestad T – nnn – K Karlsoy T – nnn – KD Kafjord T – nnn – KF Kvefjord T – nnn – KN Kvenangen T – nnn – L Lyngen T – nnn – LK Lenvik T – nnn – LV Lavangen T – nnn - M Malangen (historic) T – nnn – MV Malselv T – nnn – N Nordreisa T – nnn – S Skjervoy T – nnn – SA Sorreisa T – nnn – SD Storfjord T – nnn – SK Skanland T – nnn – SL Salangen T – nnn - ST Sandtorg (historic) T – nnn – T Tromso T – nnn - TD Tromsoysund (historic) T – nnn – TK Torsken T – nnn – TN Tranoy T – nnn - TS Trondenes (historic) T – nnn - TU Ullsfjord (historic) |
||||||||||
|
TA |
Tabarka |
Tunisia |
|
||||||||||
|
TA |
Talara |
Peru |
|
||||||||||
|
TA |
Taranto |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
TA |
Tarragona |
Spain |
TA – 1 – nnn San Carlos de la Rapita TA – 2 - nnn Tarragona
TA – 2 – nnn Tortosa (historic) TA – 3 – nnn Tarragona (historic) |
||||||||||
|
TAR |
Tarnewitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
TB |
Ten Boer |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
TC |
Tochigi Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
TCO |
Trincomalee Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
TD |
Tietjerksteradeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
TE |
Tenerife |
Spain |
TE – 1 – nnn Santa Cruz de Tenerife TE – 2 - nnn Los Christianos (Arona) TE – 3 - nnn La Palma TE – 4 - nnn Gomera TE – 5 - nnn Hierro
TE – 1 – nnn La Palma (historic) TE – 2 – nnn Gomera (historic) TE – 3 – nnn Tenerife (historic) TE – 4 – nnn Hierro (historic) |
||||||||||
|
TER |
Terborg |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
TF |
Tenerife |
Spain |
Some Tenerife fishing boats have been observed with the Port Letter TF. This appears to be an unofficial local practice as the Spanish register lists these boats officially with a TE Port Letter |
||||||||||
|
TG |
Tien Giang Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
TG |
Torre Del Greco |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
TG |
Trangisvaag |
Faero Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
TG |
Trelleborg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
TG |
Trogir |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
TH |
Teignmouth |
England |
|||||||||||
|
TH |
Thanh Hoa Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
TH |
Tholen |
Netherlands |
|||||||||||
|
THD |
Handeni |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
THI |
Thiessow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
TI |
Tisno |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
TIM |
Timmerdorfer Strand |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
TK |
Telemark |
Norway |
T – nnn – B Brevik T – nnn – BL Bamble T – nnn – E Eidanger T – nnn – K Kragero T – nnn – L Langesund T – nnn – P Porsgrunn T – nnn – S Skien T – nnn – SD Sannidal T – nnn – SH Stathelle T – nnn – ST Skatoy |
||||||||||
|
TK |
Tokyo Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
TKR |
Korogwe |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
TL |
Toulon |
France |
|||||||||||
|
TL |
Tulcea |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
TLE |
Tangelle Fisheries District |
Sri Lanka |
|
||||||||||
|
TLT |
Lushoto |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
TM |
Termoli |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
TM |
Termunten |
Netherlands |
|||||||||||
|
TMZ |
Muheza |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
TN |
Thorshavn |
Faeroe Islands |
|||||||||||
|
TN |
Torshavn |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
TN |
Troon |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
TN |
Tutrakan |
Bulgaria |
Danube river port. Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. TN is the nearest Latin script equivalent. The port letters on the boat will look like TH or Th |
||||||||||
|
TO |
Tigzirt |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Arabic script و ت |
||||||||||
|
TO |
Tomis |
Romania |
|
||||||||||
|
TO |
Truro |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
TOL |
Tolkmicko |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
TÖN |
Tonning |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
TP |
Trapani |
Sicily Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
TP |
Trpanj |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
TP |
|
South Africa |
Some South African fishing boats have the letters TP followed by a number painted on the hull. This relates to a “Tuna Pole” licence and are not Port Registration Letters |
||||||||||
|
TPA |
Pangani |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
TR |
Terschelling |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
TR |
Tonder |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
TR |
Trafaria |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
TR |
Trouville |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
TRA |
Travemunde |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
TRB |
Trzebiez |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
TRF |
Terengganu State |
Malaysia |
TRF = Commercial fishing boat TRS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
TRS |
Terengganu State |
Malaysia |
TRF = Commercial fishing boat TRS = Sampan fishing boat |
||||||||||
|
TS |
Trieste |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
TS |
Tokushima Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
TSR |
Tzarevo |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. TSR is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Ц р |
||||||||||
|
TT |
Tarbert |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
TT |
Tottori Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
TT |
Trstenik |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
TTA |
Tanga Municipality |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
TTH |
Thua Thien-Hue Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
TV |
Tavira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
TV |
Tra Vinh Province |
Vietnam |
|
||||||||||
|
TX |
Texel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
TY |
Toyama Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
U |
Umea |
Sweden |
|||||||||||
|
UA |
Uddevalla |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
UB |
Ubli |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
UD |
Utingeradeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
UEK |
Ueckermunde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
UET |
Uetersen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
UMM |
Ummanz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
UTZ |
Ueckeritz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
UK |
Urk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
UL |
Ullapool |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
UM |
Umag |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
UM |
Umea |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
UMM |
Ummanz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
UNI |
Uniescie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
UPA |
Upsala |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
USE |
Usedom |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
USM |
Ustronie Morskie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
UST |
Ustka |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
UQ |
Usquert |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
V |
Varde |
Denmark |
|
||||||||||
|
V |
Veen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
V |
Vestfold |
Norway |
V – nnn - A Asgardstrand V – nnn - B Brunlanes (historic) V – nnn - BR Borre V – nnn - BT Botne V – nnn - H Horten V – nnn - HS Holmestrand V – nnn - L Larvik V – nnn - N Notterroy V – nnn - S Sandefjord V – nnn - SA Sandar V – nnn - SD Sande V – nnn - SK Stokke V – nnn - SM Sem V – nnn - SR Stavern (historic) V – nnn - T Tonsberg V – nnn - TL Tjolling V – nnn - TM Tjome V – nnn - V Vale |
||||||||||
|
VA |
Sandevaag |
Faeroe Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
VA |
Valencia |
Spain |
VA – 2 – nnn Gandia VA – 3 – nnn Valencia VA – 4 – nnn Sagunto |
||||||||||
|
VA |
Vannes |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
VA |
Vest - Agder |
Norway |
VA – nnn – A Austad VA – nnn – F Flekkefjord VA – nnn – FA Feda VA – nnn – FS Farsund VA – nnn – H Hidra (historic) VA – nnn – HD Herad VA – nnn – HH Halse og Harkmark VA – nnn – K Kristiansand VA – nnn – KL Kvinesdal VA – nnn – L Lista VA – nnn – LD Lyngdal VA – nnn – LS Lindesnes VA – nnn – M Mandal VA – nnn – N Nes (historic) VA – nnn – O Oddernes VA – nnn – R Randesund VA – nnn – S Sogne VA – nnn – SA Sor Audnedal VA – nnn – SD Spind VA – nnn – SR Spangereid (historic) |
||||||||||
|
VAR |
Varel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
VC |
Sahara Espanol |
Spain |
Historic marks that relate to the period of Spanish colonial rule. Political and territorial changes mean they are no longer valid.
VC – 1 – nnn Villa Cisneros VC – 2 – nnn La Aguera VC – 3 – nnn El Aalun |
||||||||||
|
VC |
Vila do Conde |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
VD |
Vodice |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
VD |
Volendam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VE |
Vejle |
Denmark |
|||||||||||
|
VE |
Veere |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VE |
Velas |
Sao Jorge, Azores Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
VE |
Venice |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
VE |
Vestmannaeyjar |
Iceland |
|
||||||||||
|
VF |
Vila Franca do Campo |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
VG |
Varberg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
VG |
Viareggio |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
VH |
Venhuizen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VI |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
VI |
Vigo |
Spain |
VI – 1 – nnn Sangenjo VI – 2 – nnn Marin VI – 3 – nnn Bueu VI – 4 – nnn Cangas de Morrazo VI – 5 – nnn Vigo VI – 6 – nnn Bayona VI – 7 - nnn La Guardia VI – 7 – nnn Tuy (historic) VI – 8 – nnn Redondela |
||||||||||
|
VIA |
Vitt-Arkona |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
VILL |
Villagarcia |
Spain |
VILL – 1 – nnn Ribeira VILL – 2 – nnn Caraminal VILL – 3 – nnn Villagarcia VILL – 4 – nnn El Grove VILL – 5 – nnn Cambados |
||||||||||
|
VIT |
Vitte |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
VK |
Vostervik |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
VL |
Vela Luka |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
VL |
Vlaardingen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VLI |
Vlissingen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VM |
Vibo Valentia |
Italy |
|
||||||||||
|
VMN |
Mbinga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
VN |
Varna |
Bulgaria |
Port letters on Bulgarian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. VN is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic BH |
||||||||||
|
VN |
Vestmanhaven |
Faeroe Islands |
|
||||||||||
|
VN |
Vollenhove |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
VNM |
Namtumbo |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
VP |
Ventspils |
Latvia |
Also seems to use LVV |
||||||||||
|
VP |
Vila do Porto |
Santa Maria, Azores Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
VR |
Villa Real de Santo Antonio |
Portugal |
|
||||||||||
|
VS |
Vis |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
VS |
Visby |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
VSG |
Songea urban |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
VSO |
Songea sub-district |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
VTU |
Tunduru |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
VV |
Vila Praia da Vitoria |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
VX |
Vila Franca de Xira |
Portugal |
Prior to 2020 |
||||||||||
|
V2 |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Uses the first 2 symbols of the country international radio code as the “Port Letter”. |
||||||||||
|
V4 |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
Uses the first 2 symbols of the country international radio code as the “Port Letter”. |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
W |
Waterford |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
W |
Welcome |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WA |
Whitehaven |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
WACK |
Wackerballigau |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WAN |
Wanneperveen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WAR |
Nowe Warpno |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
WAR |
Warder |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WAR |
Warnemunde |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WAS |
Warsin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WAT |
Warthe |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WB |
Wijmbritseradeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WD |
Wexford |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
WDN |
Wijdenes |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WED |
Wedel (Holstein) |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WEN |
Wendtorf |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WES |
Westeraccumersiel |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WEW |
Wewelsfleth |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WF |
Werveshoof |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WF |
Williamsfield |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WFD |
Wolfartskijk |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WG |
Warberg |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
WH |
Weymouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
WH |
Whitehouse (Gillings Gully) |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WI |
Wisbech |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
WIE |
Wieck |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WIL |
Wilhelmshaven |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WIN |
Winkel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WIR |
Wiek |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WIS |
Wischhaven Wismar |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WIT |
Wittduen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WK |
Wakayama Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
WK |
Wick |
Scotland |
|||||||||||
|
WK |
Workum |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WKL |
Westkuste |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WL |
Westdongeradeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WL |
Wreck Bay |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WLA |
Wladyslowowo |
Poland |
|||||||||||
|
WM |
Willemstad |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WMA |
Masasi |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
WMD |
Wemeldinge |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WMH |
Warmenhuizen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WMM |
Mtwara urban |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
WMT |
Mtwara rural |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
WN |
Wigtown |
Scotland |
|
||||||||||
|
WNE |
Newala |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
WO |
Workington |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
WOE |
Woensdrecht |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WOG |
Wolgast |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WOL |
Wolin |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
WON |
Wonseradeel |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WR |
White River |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WR |
Wieringen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WRE |
Wremen |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WRW |
Wieringerwaard |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WS |
Wells |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
WSG |
Gorki Wschodnie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
WSW |
Westerschouwen |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WT |
Westport |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
WT |
Whitehouse (Flanker) |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WTH |
Tandahimba |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
WTH |
White Horses |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
WU |
Wilsum |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WUL |
Wulfen |
Germany |
|||||||||||
|
WUS |
Wustrow |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
WV |
Wildervank |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WW |
Weststellingwerf |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
WY |
Whitby |
England |
|||||||||||
|
WYK |
Wyk auf Fohr |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
X |
Kholmsk |
Russia |
|
||||||||||
|
XIL |
Ilala |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
XKI |
Kinondoni |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
XTK |
Temeke |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Y |
Yallahs |
Jamaica |
|
||||||||||
|
Y |
Youghal |
Ireland |
|
||||||||||
|
YAV |
Ilyichevsk |
USSR |
Will appear on boat as Cyrillic ЯВ Post 1991 the port is in Ukraine and has been renamed Chornomorsk |
||||||||||
|
YBA |
Bariadi |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YBE |
Bukombe |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YC |
Yamaguchi Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
YD |
Ystad |
Sweden |
|
||||||||||
|
YE |
Yerseke |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
YE |
Isle D'Yeu |
France |
|
||||||||||
|
YH |
Yaremouth |
England |
|
||||||||||
|
YKA |
Kahama |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YKB |
Kishapu |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YT |
Yist |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
YM |
Ymuiden |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
YMA |
Meatu sub-district |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YMS |
Maswa |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YN |
Yamanashi Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
YSN |
Shinyanga sub-district |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YSY |
Shinyanga |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
YT |
Yamagata Prefecture |
Japan |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
Z
|
Khasanskiy |
Russia |
Displays on boat as З Port letters on Russian fishing boats are in Cyrillic script. Z is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic З |
||||||||||
|
Z |
Zeebrugge |
Belgium |
|
||||||||||
|
ZA |
Zaabdam |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZAG |
Gorki Zachodnie |
Poland |
|
||||||||||
|
ZBB |
Hanang |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ZBT |
Babati |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ZD |
Zadar |
Croatia |
|
||||||||||
|
ZD |
Zuidwolde |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZE |
Zwolle |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZEM |
Zempin |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZET |
Kiteto |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ZEU |
Zercherin |
Germany |
historic |
||||||||||
|
ZEW |
Zecherin Wolgast |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZI |
Tallin |
Estonia USSR |
Historic port letters for the period of Russian occupation 1945 – 1991. Lettering on boat is cyrillic ЗИ ZI is the Latin equivalent |
||||||||||
|
ZID |
Zingst A Darss |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZIJ |
Zijpe |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZID |
Zingst |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZIE |
Ziemitz |
Germany |
historic |
||||||||||
|
ZIT |
Zitzewitz |
Germany |
historic |
||||||||||
|
ZIW |
Zinnowitz |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZK |
Zoutkamp |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZL |
Zwaluwe |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZML |
Mbulu |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ZO |
Zoutelande |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZR |
|
South Africa |
Some South African fishing boats have the letters ZR followed by a number painted in large letters on the hull. This is a radio call sign, not Port Registration Letters |
||||||||||
|
ZS |
Zwartsluis |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZSJ |
Simanjiro |
Tanzania |
|
||||||||||
|
ZU |
Zuid Scharwoude |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZUD |
Zudar |
Germany |
|
||||||||||
|
ZV |
Zandvoort |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZVC |
Zalk en Veecaten |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZW |
Zwartewaal |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
ZZ |
Zierikzee |
Netherlands |
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Arabic alphabet Port Letters Note – The symbols shown below are the General Unicode for modern standard Arabic. Port letters on boats may show differences as there are considerable variations in Arabic script, particularly when hand painted |
|||||||||||||
|
Letters |
Port |
Country |
Notes |
||||||||||
|
ز ر ا |
Arzew |
Algeria |
May appear on boat as Latin script ARZ |
||||||||||
|
ج ب |
Bejaia |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script BJ |
||||||||||
|
ص ب |
Beni Saf |
Algeria |
may appear on the boat as Latin script BS |
||||||||||
|
ـج ذ بـ |
Bouzedjar |
Algeria |
may appear on the boat as Latin script BZJ |
||||||||||
|
ل ش |
Cherchell |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script CH |
||||||||||
|
ل ق |
Collo |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script CL |
||||||||||
|
ط ا |
El Kala |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script ET |
||||||||||
|
ذ غ |
Ghazaouet |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script GZ |
||||||||||
|
ج ج |
Jijel |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script JJ |
||||||||||
|
غ م |
Mostaganem |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script MG |
||||||||||
|
س ك |
Skikda |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script SK |
||||||||||
|
و ت |
Tigzirt |
Algeria |
may appear on boat as Latin script TO |
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Cyrillic alphabet Port Letters |
|||||||||||||
|
Letters |
Port |
Country |
Notes |
||||||||||
|
AK |
Arkangelsk |
Russia |
“АрхангелЬск” in Cyrillic script “Arkangelsk” in Latin script |
||||||||||
|
AX |
Ahtopol |
Bulgaria |
AH is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic AX |
||||||||||
|
ҔЧ |
Balchick |
Bulgaria |
BCH is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic script ҔЧ |
||||||||||
|
Бл БΛ |
Byala |
Bulgaria |
Port letters will appear on the boat as Бл or sometimes as БΛ. BL is the nearest Latin script equivalent |
||||||||||
|
Бс |
Burgas |
Bulgaria |
BS is the nearest Latin script equivalent to Бс. |
||||||||||
|
ЯВ |
Ilyichevsk |
USSR |
YAV is the nearest latin script to Cyrillic ЯВ Post 1991 the port is in Ukraine and has been renamed Chornomorsk |
||||||||||
|
K KƂ KE KИ |
Kaliningrad |
Russia |
KB is the Latin script equivalent to KƂ KE is the Latin script equivalent to KИ |
||||||||||
|
KB Kb |
Kavarna |
Bulgaria |
Port letters will display on the boat as, KB or Kb. The nearest Latin script equivalent is KV |
||||||||||
|
З |
Khasanskiy |
Russia |
Z is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic З |
||||||||||
|
X |
Kholmsk |
Russia |
|
||||||||||
|
CƂ |
Korsakov |
Russia |
SB is the nearest Latin script equivalent |
||||||||||
|
M MK MƂ MИ |
Murmansk |
Russia |
M = M MK = MK MƂ = MB MИ = ME |
||||||||||
|
НД |
Nakhodka |
Russia |
ND is the equivalent Latin script to Cyrillic НД |
||||||||||
|
HC |
Nessebar |
Bulgaria |
HC are the Cyrillic script letters that appear on on the boat.. The nearest latin script equivalent is NS |
||||||||||
|
П |
Petropavlovsk |
Russia |
P is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Π |
||||||||||
|
ΠM |
Pomorie |
Bulgaria |
PM is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Π M |
||||||||||
|
ПР |
Primorsko |
Bulgaria |
PR is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic letters П Р |
||||||||||
|
ШƂ |
Shabla |
Bulgaria |
SHB is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic letters ШƂ |
||||||||||
|
CC |
Silistra |
Bulgaria |
Danube river port. SS is the nearest Latin script to the Cyrillic CC |
||||||||||
|
C3 |
Sozopol |
Bulgaria |
C3 is the Cyrillic script that appears on the boat. SZ is the nearest Latin script equivalent |
||||||||||
|
ЗИ ЗБ |
Tallin |
Estonia USSR |
Historic port letters for the period of Russian occupation 1945 – 1991. ZE is the Latin equivalent to ЗИ and ZB the equivalent to ЗБ |
||||||||||
|
Цр |
Tzarevo |
Bulgaria |
TSR is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic Ц р |
||||||||||
|
TH |
Tutrakan |
Bulgaria |
Danube river port. TN is the nearest Latin script to the Cyrillic TH |
||||||||||
|
BH |
Varna |
Bulgaria |
VN is the nearest Latin script equivalent to the Cyrillic BH |
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Greek alphabet Port Letters |
|||||||||||||
|
Letters |
Port |
Country |
Notes |
||||||||||
|
ΛK |
Corfu (Kerkyra) |
Greece |
Port letters appear on boats as ΛK in Greek script. LK is the Latin alphabet equivalent |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Number Codes
Some countries do not issue Port Registration Letters but simply issue a number to each fishing boat.
The information in the following list is provisional, and will be updated as further information becomes available
|
Country |
Number format |
Port |
Notes |
|
America (U.S.A.)
Including American Dependencies of
American Samoa Guam Northern Marianas Puerto Rica Virgin Islands |
None
or
Numerical
or
Letters and numbers for some small boats
|
all |
Complicated and confusing
Registration is split between the Federal Government and the individual States
Federal Government registration Vessels of five net tons or more used in fishing activities on navigable waters of the US or in the US Exclusive Economic Zone, must be documented by the U.S. Coastguard and are assigned an official number that remains with the vessel for life
· Documented vessels do not display their official number on the outside of the hull, but are identified by their name and home port. (In practice some fishing boats do display the official number on the outside of the hull, but this is not compulsory)
State Registration Fishing vessels of less than five net tons are registered in their own State, and every State has different regulations, although most require some combination of letters and numbers to be displayed on each side of the bow. The first two letters are usually the standard letter code used by American States for many identification purposes (eg Alaska = AK : Florida = FL : etc).
A typical style appears to be SC – nnnn – LL (#) Where SC is the state code, nnnn is a number, LL are two random letters, (#) is an annual tax or validation sticker.
· most States require all vessels to be registered, so small boats displaying registration letters and numbers will include pleasure craft as well as fishing boats
BUT - Some, but not all, States require Federally documented vessels to also be registered by the State. Federally documented vessels are prohibited from displaying State letters and numbers on the hull, but may have to display the annual tax or validation sticker.
Confused ? |
|
Canada |
numerical |
all |
There are no Port Registration Letters. Port Codes, are structured on a geographic basis, but are not related to the vessels registered in the ports. Canadian vessels on the Atlantic coast have a 6 digit Canadian Fishing Vessel (CFV) code beginning with 000018 to a high of at least 176000. (may be higher as this information was obtained some years ago) Canadian vessels on the Pacific coast have 5 digit numbers in the range 20000 to 99999 The registered number appears to be lettering of any contrasting colour, applied to either the bow, midships hull, or the cabin |
|
Gaza |
numerical |
all |
The registered number appears to be black lettering on a yellow plate on each side of the bow |
|
Israel |
numerical |
all |
The registered number appears to be lettering of any contrasting colour applied on each side of the bow |
|
Morocco |
1 - nnn |
Nador |
(*) Ports for fishing boats using this number format are not confirmed, but appear to be these two ports in the disputed territory of Western Sahara |
|
2 - nnn |
Al Hoceima |
||
|
3 - nnn |
Tangier |
||
|
4 - nnn |
Larache |
||
|
5 - nnn |
Rabat |
||
|
6 - nnn |
Casablanca |
||
|
7 - nnn |
Essaouira |
||
|
8 - nnn |
Agadir |
||
|
10-nnn |
Tarfaya |
||
|
11-nnn |
El Aaiun (*) |
||
|
12-nnn |
Dakhla (*) |
||
|
New Zealand |
numerical |
all |
NZ fishing boats display an NZ registration number which is the vessels unique identifier. There are no Port Registration Letters. The identifying number appears to be lettering of any contrasting colour applied on each side of the bow |
|
St. Helena |
numerical |
Jamestown |
St. Helena is a remote island in the South Atlantic and uses a number applied to each side of the bow for the small number of fishing boats based in the island. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|