Port profile · USBRO
Brownsville
Brownsville is a small lake or canal harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USBRO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Brownsville 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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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Brownsville and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Brownsville 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Brownsville, 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
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about Brownsville
What is the UN/LOCODE of Brownsville?
The UN/LOCODE of Brownsville is USBRO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Brownsville?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Brownsville as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Brownsville?
Yes. Brownsville offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Brownsville have a dry dock?
Yes. Brownsville has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
Is Brownsville a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Brownsville.
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