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Cacheu

Cacheu is a very small natural river harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Guinea-Bissau. Its UN/LOCODE is GWCAC. Pilotage is compulsory. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.

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Port profile

UN/LOCODEGWCAC
CountryGuinea-Bissau
Coordinates12.267, -16.150

Live at Cacheu

What members see for Cacheu, updated as vessels move.

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Live map of CacheuEvery vessel in and around the port, live, with the ones heading in.

Heading here

Members

Every vessel bound for Cacheu, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.

In port now

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The vessels alongside or at anchor at Cacheu right now, and who runs them.

Arrival profile

Members

How many vessels arrive at Cacheu day by day over the next two weeks, by type.

Port calls and time in port

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Recent calls at Cacheu and how long each vessel stayed.

Services and supplies

What Cacheu offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.

Repair

Ship repairs
Emergency only

Harbour

Pilotage
Compulsory
Stevedores
Yes

Approach and berths

Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Cacheu, 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
ETA message required
Yes
Good holding ground
Yes

Cargo and berths

Anchorage
Yes

Ports near Cacheu

Other Guinea-Bissau ports on the same stretch of coast.

Questions about Cacheu

What is the UN/LOCODE of Cacheu?

The UN/LOCODE of Cacheu is GWCAC.

Is pilotage compulsory in Cacheu?

Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Cacheu as compulsory.

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