Port profile · PAONX
Colon
Colon is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Caribbean Sea, in Panama. Its UN/LOCODE is PAONX. Tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Colon offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Colon
What members see for Colon, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Colon, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Colon right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Colon day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Colon and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Colon 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
- None
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 369 m
- Beam
- 51.2 m
- Draft
- 15.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Colon, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Colon
Other Panama ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ManzanilloPanama · PAMIT
- CristobalPanama · PACTB
- Panama CanalPanama · PAPCN
- BalboaPanama · PABLB
- VacamontePanama · PAVAC
- Chiriqui GrandePanama · PACHG
- Bocas Del ToroPanama · PABOC
- AlmirantePanama · PAPAM
Questions about Colon
What is the UN/LOCODE of Colon?
The UN/LOCODE of Colon is PAONX.
Can ships take bunkers in Colon?
Yes. Colon offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Colon can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 369 m long, 51.2 m wide, 15.2 m draft for Colon.
Is Colon a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Colon.
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