Port profile · ECESM
Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas is a very small natural river harbour on the North Pacific Ocean, in Ecuador. Its UN/LOCODE is ECESM. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Esmeraldas offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Esmeraldas
What members see for Esmeraldas, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Esmeraldas, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Esmeraldas right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Esmeraldas day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Esmeraldas and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Esmeraldas 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
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 230 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Esmeraldas, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Esmeraldas
Other Ecuador ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MantaEcuador · ECMEC
- Puerto NuevoEcuador · ECPEV
- GuayaquilEcuador · ECGYE
- La LibertadEcuador · ECLLD
- Puerto BolivarEcuador · ECPBO
Questions about Esmeraldas
What is the UN/LOCODE of Esmeraldas?
The UN/LOCODE of Esmeraldas is ECESM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Esmeraldas?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Esmeraldas as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Esmeraldas?
Yes. Esmeraldas offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Esmeraldas can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 230 m long for Esmeraldas.
Is Esmeraldas a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Esmeraldas as a first port of entry.
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