Port profile · YEADE
Aden
Aden is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Aden, in Yemen. Its UN/LOCODE is YEADE. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Aden offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, major repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Aden
What members see for Aden, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Aden, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Aden right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Aden day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Aden and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Aden 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 350 m
- Draft
- 14.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Aden, 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
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Port state control at Aden
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Aden, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 3.8 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Aden, and what was found.
Ports near Aden
Other Yemen ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Perim IslandYemen · YEPRM
- MokhaYemen · YEMOK
- HudaidahYemen · YEHOD
- Ras IsaYemen · YERAI
- SaleefYemen · YESAL
- BalhafYemen · YEBLH
- Al MukallaYemen · YEZAM
- Ash ShihrYemen · YEASR
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Questions about Aden
What is the UN/LOCODE of Aden?
The UN/LOCODE of Aden is YEADE.
Is pilotage compulsory in Aden?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Aden as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Aden?
Yes. Aden offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Aden have a dry dock?
Yes. Aden has a large dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Aden can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 350 m long, 14.7 m draft for Aden.
Is Aden a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Aden.
How many port state control inspections are there in Aden?
7 port state control inspections were recorded in Aden in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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