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Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar is a small harbour on the Arabian Sea, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INBHU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Bhavnagar offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Bhavnagar 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
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 78.9 m
- Beam
- 14.8 m
- Draft
- 4 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bhavnagar, 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
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Bhavnagar
Other India ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- MagdallaIndia · INMDA
- PipavavIndia · INPAV
- JafrabadIndia · INJBD
- VeravalIndia · INVVA
- NavlakhiIndia · INNAV
Questions about Bhavnagar
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bhavnagar?
The UN/LOCODE of Bhavnagar is INBHU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bhavnagar?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bhavnagar as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bhavnagar?
Yes. Bhavnagar offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Bhavnagar have a dry dock?
Yes. Bhavnagar has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Bhavnagar can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 78.9 m long, 14.8 m wide, 4 m draft for Bhavnagar.
Is Bhavnagar a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Bhavnagar.
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