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Bridgetown
Bridgetown is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Barbados. Its UN/LOCODE is BBBGI. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Bridgetown offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Bridgetown 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 362.1 m
- Beam
- 47 m
- Draft
- 9.9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Bridgetown, 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
- Heavy swell
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Questions about Bridgetown
What is the UN/LOCODE of Bridgetown?
The UN/LOCODE of Bridgetown is BBBGI.
Is pilotage compulsory in Bridgetown?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Bridgetown as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Bridgetown?
Yes. Bridgetown offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Bridgetown can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 362.1 m long, 47 m wide, 9.9 m draft for Bridgetown.
Is Bridgetown a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Bridgetown.
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