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Chennai
Chennai is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Bay of Bengal, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INMAA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Chennai offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Chennai
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Chennai day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Chennai and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Chennai 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
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 336.7 m
- Beam
- 60 m
- Draft
- 16.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Chennai, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Chennai
Other India ports on the same stretch of coast.
- EnnoreIndia · INENR
- KattupalliIndia · INKAT
- KrishnapatnamIndia · INKRI
- PondicherryIndia · INPNY
- CuddaloreIndia · INCDL
- KaraikalIndia · INKRK
- NagapattinamIndia · INNPT
- MachilipatnamIndia · INMAC
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Questions about Chennai
What is the UN/LOCODE of Chennai?
The UN/LOCODE of Chennai is INMAA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Chennai?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Chennai as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Chennai?
Yes. Chennai offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Chennai have a dry dock?
Yes. Chennai has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Chennai can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 336.7 m long, 60 m wide, 16.5 m draft for Chennai.
Is Chennai a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Chennai.
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