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Ad Dakhla
Ad Dakhla is a very small natural river harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Western Sahara. Its UN/LOCODE is EHVIC. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Ad Dakhla offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. 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
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Services and supplies
What Ad Dakhla 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Ad Dakhla, 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
- 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
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Questions about Ad Dakhla
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ad Dakhla?
The UN/LOCODE of Ad Dakhla is EHVIC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ad Dakhla?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ad Dakhla as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Ad Dakhla?
Yes. Ad Dakhla offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Ad Dakhla a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Ad Dakhla.
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