Port profile · TZDAR
Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Tanzania. Its UN/LOCODE is TZDAR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Dar Es Salaam offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Dar Es Salaam 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
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
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
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Dar Es Salaam, 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
- Tide, 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
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Dar Es Salaam
Other Tanzania ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Dar Es Salaam
What is the UN/LOCODE of Dar Es Salaam?
The UN/LOCODE of Dar Es Salaam is TZDAR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Dar Es Salaam?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Dar Es Salaam as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Dar Es Salaam?
Yes. Dar Es Salaam offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Dar Es Salaam a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Dar Es Salaam.
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