Port profile · JOAQJ
Aqaba
Aqaba is a very small open roadstead on the Gulf of Aqaba, in Jordan. Its UN/LOCODE is JOAQJ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Aqaba offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Aqaba 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 370 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 24 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Aqaba, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about Aqaba
What is the UN/LOCODE of Aqaba?
The UN/LOCODE of Aqaba is JOAQJ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Aqaba?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Aqaba as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Aqaba?
Yes. Aqaba offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Aqaba can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 370 m long, 50 m wide, 24 m draft for Aqaba.
Is Aqaba a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Aqaba.
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