Port profile · COBUN
Buenaventura
Buenaventura is a medium natural coastal harbour on the North Pacific Ocean, in Colombia. Its UN/LOCODE is COBUN. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Buenaventura offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and major repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Buenaventura offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- 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
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 368.5 m
- Beam
- 51.2 m
- Draft
- 13.9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Buenaventura, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Buenaventura
Other Colombia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BalboaColombia · COBAL
- TumacoColombia · COTCO
- TurboColombia · COTRB
- CovenasColombia · COCVE
- Covenas Offshore TerminalColombia · COCOV
- MamonalColombia · COMAM
- CartagenaColombia · COCTG
- BarranquillaColombia · COBAQ
Questions about Buenaventura
What is the UN/LOCODE of Buenaventura?
The UN/LOCODE of Buenaventura is COBUN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Buenaventura?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Buenaventura as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Buenaventura?
Yes. Buenaventura offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Buenaventura can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 368.5 m long, 51.2 m wide, 13.9 m draft for Buenaventura.
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