Port profile · VECUP
Carupano
Carupano is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VECUP. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Carupano offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Carupano
What members see for Carupano, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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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 Carupano and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Carupano offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 6.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Carupano, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- 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
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Carupano
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Questions about Carupano
What is the UN/LOCODE of Carupano?
The UN/LOCODE of Carupano is VECUP.
Is pilotage compulsory in Carupano?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Carupano as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Carupano can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 6.7 m draft for Carupano.
Is Carupano a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Carupano.
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