Port profile · PGGUR
Alotau
Alotau is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Solomon Sea, in Papua New Guinea. Its UN/LOCODE is PGGUR. Pilotage is not compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Alotau offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Heading here
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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 Alotau and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Alotau offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- No
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 205 m
- Draft
- 8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Alotau, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Turning area
- No
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- No
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Alotau
Other Papua New Guinea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- SamaraiPapua New Guinea · PGSQT
- Oro BayPapua New Guinea · PGROR
- Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · PGPOM
- KimbePapua New Guinea · PGKIM
- LaePapua New Guinea · PGLAE
- BiallaPapua New Guinea · PGBAA
- KumulPapua New Guinea · PGKUL
- RabaulPapua New Guinea · PGRAB
Questions about Alotau
What is the UN/LOCODE of Alotau?
The UN/LOCODE of Alotau is PGGUR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Alotau?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Alotau as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Alotau?
Yes. Alotau offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Alotau can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 205 m long, 8 m draft for Alotau.
Is Alotau a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Alotau.
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