Port profile · AEAUH
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Persian Gulf, in the United Arab Emirates. Its UN/LOCODE is AEAUH. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Abu Dhabi offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Abu Dhabi and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Abu Dhabi 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
- No
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 240 m
- Draft
- 12.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Abu Dhabi, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Abu Dhabi
Other United Arab Emirates ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Umm Al NarUnited Arab Emirates · AEULR
- Jebel AliUnited Arab Emirates · AEJEA
- DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · AEDXB
- MubarrazUnited Arab Emirates · AEMBS
- Al HamriyaUnited Arab Emirates · AEHAM
- SharjahUnited Arab Emirates · AESHJ
- AjmanUnited Arab Emirates · AEAJM
- ZirkuUnited Arab Emirates · AEZUR
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Questions about Abu Dhabi
What is the UN/LOCODE of Abu Dhabi?
The UN/LOCODE of Abu Dhabi is AEAUH.
Is pilotage compulsory in Abu Dhabi?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Abu Dhabi as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Abu Dhabi?
Yes. Abu Dhabi offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Abu Dhabi have a dry dock?
Yes. Abu Dhabi has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Abu Dhabi can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 240 m long, 12.5 m draft for Abu Dhabi.
Is Abu Dhabi a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Abu Dhabi.
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