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Assab
Assab is a small natural coastal harbour on the Red Sea, in Eritrea. Its UN/LOCODE is ERASA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Assab offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Assab
What members see for Assab, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Assab, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Assab right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Assab day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Assab and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Assab 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
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 101 m
- Beam
- 19 m
- Draft
- 10 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Assab, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Assab
Other Eritrea ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Assab
What is the UN/LOCODE of Assab?
The UN/LOCODE of Assab is ERASA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Assab?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Assab as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Assab?
Yes. Assab offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Assab can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 101 m long, 19 m wide, 10 m draft for Assab.
Is Assab a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Assab.
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