Port profile · LBBEY
Beirut
Beirut is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Mediterranean Sea, in Lebanon. Its UN/LOCODE is LBBEY. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Beirut offers diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Beirut offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Large
- 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
- Draft
- 13 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Beirut, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- Traffic separation scheme
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Dangerous cargo anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- LNG terminal
- No
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Beirut
Other Lebanon ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Beirut
What is the UN/LOCODE of Beirut?
The UN/LOCODE of Beirut is LBBEY.
Is pilotage compulsory in Beirut?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Beirut as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Beirut?
Yes. Beirut offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Beirut have a dry dock?
Yes. Beirut has a large dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Beirut can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 13 m draft for Beirut.
Is Beirut a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Beirut.
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