Port profile · VECAR
Caripito
Caripito is a very small natural river harbour on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VECAR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Caripito offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Caripito
What members see for Caripito, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Caripito right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Caripito day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Caripito and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Caripito 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Emergency only
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Caripito, 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
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Caripito
Other Venezuela ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- El GuamacheVenezuela · VEEGU
- PertigaleteVenezuela · VEPRG
- GuantaVenezuela · VEGUT
- Puerto La CruzVenezuela · VEPCZ
- PalúaVenezuela · VEPLA
Questions about Caripito
What is the UN/LOCODE of Caripito?
The UN/LOCODE of Caripito is VECAR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Caripito?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Caripito as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Caripito?
Yes. Caripito offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Caripito a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Caripito.
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