Port profile · NIBEF
Bluefields
Bluefields is a small open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Nicaragua. Its UN/LOCODE is NIBEF. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Bluefields offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Bluefields
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Bluefields 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 90.6 m
- Beam
- 13.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bluefields, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Bluefields
Other Nicaragua ports on the same stretch of coast.
- El BluffNicaragua · NIELB
- Puerto CabezasNicaragua · NIPUZ
- Puerto SandinoNicaragua · NIPSN
- CorintoNicaragua · NICIO
Questions about Bluefields
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bluefields?
The UN/LOCODE of Bluefields is NIBEF.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bluefields?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bluefields as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bluefields?
Yes. Bluefields offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Bluefields can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 90.6 m long, 13.8 m wide for Bluefields.
Is Bluefields a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Bluefields.
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