Port profile · PECLL
Callao
Callao is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Pacific Ocean, in Peru. Its UN/LOCODE is PECLL. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Callao offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Callao
What members see for Callao, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Callao right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Callao day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Callao and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Callao 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Callao, 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
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
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
Port state control at Callao
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Callao, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 11% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 0.1 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Callao, and what was found.
Ports near Callao
Other Peru ports on the same stretch of coast.
- La PampillaPeru · PELPP
- AnconPeru · PEANC
- ConchanPeru · PECON
- ChancayPeru · PECHY
- HuachoPeru · PEHCO
- SupePeru · PESUP
- HuarmeyPeru · PEHUY
- ChimbotePeru · PECHM
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Questions about Callao
What is the UN/LOCODE of Callao?
The UN/LOCODE of Callao is PECLL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Callao?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Callao as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Callao?
Yes. Callao offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Callao have a dry dock?
Yes. Callao has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Callao a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Callao.
How many port state control inspections are there in Callao?
9 port state control inspections were recorded in Callao in 2025, and 1 of them ended in a detention.
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