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Bissau
Bissau is a very small natural river harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Guinea-Bissau. Its UN/LOCODE is GWOXB. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Bissau offers diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Bissau
What members see for Bissau, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Bissau day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Bissau and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Bissau offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Beam
- 36 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bissau, 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
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- 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
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Bissau
Other Guinea-Bissau ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Bissau
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bissau?
The UN/LOCODE of Bissau is GWOXB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bissau?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bissau as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bissau?
Yes. Bissau offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Bissau a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Bissau.
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