Port profile · CIABJ
Abidjan
Abidjan is a large lake or canal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Côte d’Ivoire. Its UN/LOCODE is CIABJ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Abidjan offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Abidjan offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 280 m
- Draft
- 9.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Abidjan, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Abidjan
Other Côte d’Ivoire ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Port-BouëtCôte d’Ivoire · CIPBT
- EspoirIvory Coast · CIESP
- Baobab TerminalIvory Coast · CIBAO
- San PedroCôte d’Ivoire · CISPY
Questions about Abidjan
What is the UN/LOCODE of Abidjan?
The UN/LOCODE of Abidjan is CIABJ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Abidjan?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Abidjan as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Abidjan?
Yes. Abidjan offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Abidjan have a dry dock?
Yes. Abidjan has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Abidjan can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 280 m long, 9.5 m draft for Abidjan.
Is Abidjan a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Abidjan.
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