Port profile · MXACA
Acapulco
Acapulco is a medium natural coastal harbour on the North Pacific Ocean, in Mexico. Its UN/LOCODE is MXACA. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Acapulco offers diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Acapulco
What members see for Acapulco, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Acapulco, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Acapulco right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Acapulco day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Acapulco and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Acapulco offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 295 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Acapulco, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Acapulco
Other Mexico ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Lazaro CardenasMexico · MXLZC
- VeracruzMexico · MXVER
- Salina CruzMexico · MXSCX
- TuxpanMexico · MXTUX
- ManzanilloMexico · MXZLO
- CoatzacoalcosMexico · MXCOA
- TampicoMexico · MXTAM
- AltamiraMexico · MXATM
Questions about Acapulco
What is the UN/LOCODE of Acapulco?
The UN/LOCODE of Acapulco is MXACA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Acapulco?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Acapulco as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Acapulco?
Yes. Acapulco offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Acapulco can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 295 m long, 32.3 m wide for Acapulco.
Is Acapulco a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Acapulco.
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