Port profile · MXESE
Ensenada
Ensenada is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in Mexico. Its UN/LOCODE is MXESE. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Ensenada offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Ensenada
What members see for Ensenada, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Ensenada right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Ensenada day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Ensenada and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Ensenada 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
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Ensenada, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Port state control at Ensenada
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Ensenada, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 0.7 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Ensenada, and what was found.
Ports near Ensenada
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Questions about Ensenada
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ensenada?
The UN/LOCODE of Ensenada is MXESE.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ensenada?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ensenada as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Ensenada?
Yes. Ensenada offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Ensenada a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Ensenada.
How many port state control inspections are there in Ensenada?
4 port state control inspections were recorded in Ensenada in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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