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Chittagong
Chittagong is a medium natural river harbour on the Bay of Bengal, in Bangladesh. Its UN/LOCODE is BDCGP. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Chittagong offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Chittagong 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 200 m
- Beam
- 36 m
- Draft
- 10.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Chittagong, 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
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Chittagong
Other Bangladesh ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Chittagong
What is the UN/LOCODE of Chittagong?
The UN/LOCODE of Chittagong is BDCGP.
Is pilotage compulsory in Chittagong?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Chittagong as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Chittagong?
Yes. Chittagong offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Chittagong have a dry dock?
Yes. Chittagong has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Chittagong can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 200 m long, 36 m wide, 10.5 m draft for Chittagong.
Is Chittagong a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Chittagong.
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