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Buchanan
Buchanan is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Liberia. Its UN/LOCODE is LRUCN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Buchanan offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Buchanan
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Buchanan and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Buchanan offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- No
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 12.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Buchanan, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Buchanan
Other Liberia ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Buchanan
What is the UN/LOCODE of Buchanan?
The UN/LOCODE of Buchanan is LRUCN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Buchanan?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Buchanan as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Buchanan?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Buchanan.
What is the largest vessel Buchanan can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 12.8 m draft for Buchanan.
Is Buchanan a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Buchanan.
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