Port profile · NGCBQ
Calabar
Calabar is a very small natural river harbour on the Gulf of Guinea, in Nigeria. Its UN/LOCODE is NGCBQ. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Calabar offers fuel oil, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Calabar
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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 Calabar and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Calabar offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- No
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 199.9 m
- Beam
- 36 m
- Draft
- 7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Calabar, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Calabar
Other Nigeria ports on the same stretch of coast.
- AntanNigeria · NGANA
- Odudu TerminalNigeria · NGODU
- OnneNigeria · NGONN
- Port HarcourtNigeria · NGPHC
- BonnyNigeria · NGBON
- OkonoNigeria · NGOKN
- OkworiNigeria · NGOKW
- BrassNigeria · NGBRA
Questions about Calabar
What is the UN/LOCODE of Calabar?
The UN/LOCODE of Calabar is NGCBQ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Calabar?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Calabar as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Calabar?
Yes. Calabar offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Calabar have a dry dock?
Yes. Calabar has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Calabar can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 199.9 m long, 36 m wide, 7 m draft for Calabar.
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