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Ciudad Bolivar
Ciudad Bolivar is a small natural river harbour on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VECBL. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Ciudad Bolivar offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Ciudad Bolivar
What members see for Ciudad Bolivar, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Ciudad Bolivar, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Ciudad Bolivar right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Ciudad Bolivar day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Ciudad Bolivar and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Ciudad Bolivar 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
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 9.1 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Ciudad Bolivar, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Ports near Ciudad Bolivar
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Questions about Ciudad Bolivar
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ciudad Bolivar?
The UN/LOCODE of Ciudad Bolivar is VECBL.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ciudad Bolivar?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ciudad Bolivar as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Ciudad Bolivar can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 9.1 m draft for Ciudad Bolivar.
Is Ciudad Bolivar a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Ciudad Bolivar.
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