Port profile · SVAQJ
Acajutla
Acajutla is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in El Salvador. Its UN/LOCODE is SVAQJ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Acajutla offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Acajutla
What members see for Acajutla, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Acajutla, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Acajutla right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Acajutla day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Acajutla and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Acajutla offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Acajutla, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Acajutla
Other El Salvador ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Acajutla
What is the UN/LOCODE of Acajutla?
The UN/LOCODE of Acajutla is SVAQJ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Acajutla?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Acajutla as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Acajutla?
Yes. Acajutla offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Is Acajutla a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Acajutla.
See who is calling at Acajutla
Sign in to watch live arrivals at Acajutla, see the vessels heading its way, and reach the owners and decision-makers behind them before your competitor does.
Browse more ports · request access.