Port profile · BRFOR
Fortaleza
Fortaleza is a small open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Brazil. Its UN/LOCODE is BRFOR. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Fortaleza offers fuel oil and diesel, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Fortaleza 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 299.5 m
- Beam
- 40 m
- Draft
- 11 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Fortaleza, 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
- Tide
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Ice mooring
- No
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Fortaleza
Other Brazil ports on the same stretch of coast.
- CamocimBrazil · BRCMC
- GuamareBrazil · BRGUA
- NatalBrazil · BRNAT
- CabedeloBrazil · BRCDO
- RecifeBrazil · BRREC
- SuapeBrazil · BRSUA
- ItaquiBrazil · BRIQI
- MaceioBrazil · BRMCZ
Questions about Fortaleza
What is the UN/LOCODE of Fortaleza?
The UN/LOCODE of Fortaleza is BRFOR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Fortaleza?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Fortaleza as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Fortaleza?
Yes. Fortaleza offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Fortaleza can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 299.5 m long, 40 m wide, 11 m draft for Fortaleza.
Is Fortaleza a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Fortaleza as a first port of entry.
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