# Scapa Bay (GB SCF)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB SCF  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** North Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 58.9500, -2.9833

Energy operators anchor the economy of Scapa Bay and the surrounding Scapa Flow: since 1977 the Flotta terminal, today run by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK, has received North Sea crude and LPG through a 210-kilometre pipeline. Scapa Bay itself, a mile south of Kirkwall, hosts the Scapa Flow Control Centre overseeing traffic across this sheltered Orkney anchorage. The Flow offers nearly 125 square miles of swell- and tide-free water, making it a premier ship-to-ship transfer location; the world's first STS transfer of LNG took place here in 2007, alongside crude and LPG operations. Seven piers with nine berths handle smaller general and bulk cargo vessels, though the Scapa Bay quay itself is shallow at around 1.8 metres. Heavy-lift, container and customs-intensive Orkney trade is concentrated at Kirkwall and Hatston instead. For forwarders, Scapa Flow is primarily an energy and transshipment anchorage rather than a containerised gateway.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [London → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shanghai)
- [London → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shenzhen)
- [London → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-guangzhou)
- [London → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-hong-kong)
- [London → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-tokyo)
- [London → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-busan)

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