Port profile · VEELP
El Palito
El Palito is a very small open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VEELP. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. El Palito offers fuel oil and diesel. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at El Palito
What members see for El Palito, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for El Palito, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at El Palito right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at El Palito day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at El Palito and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What El Palito 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
- No
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 14.6 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at El Palito, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near El Palito
Other Venezuela ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Puerto CabelloVenezuela · VEPBL
- ChichirivicheVenezuela · VECHV
- Catia La MarVenezuela · VECLM
- La GuairaVenezuela · VELAG
- CumareboVenezuela · VECMR
- Punta CardonVenezuela · VEPCN
- AmuayVenezuela · VEAMY
- San Lorenzo/Maracaibo LVenezuela · VESLV
Questions about El Palito
What is the UN/LOCODE of El Palito?
The UN/LOCODE of El Palito is VEELP.
Is pilotage compulsory in El Palito?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in El Palito as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in El Palito?
Yes. El Palito offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel El Palito can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 14.6 m draft for El Palito.
Is El Palito a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at El Palito.
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