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Freeport
Freeport is a small river harbour with basins on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Bahamas. Its UN/LOCODE is BSFPO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Freeport offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks 1 terminal here, plus live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Freeport
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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 Freeport 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- 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
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 367.3 m
- Beam
- 48.4 m
- Draft
- 15 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Freeport, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Terminals
Terminals and berths recorded at Freeport.
Ports near Freeport
Other Bahamas ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Clifton PointBahamas · BSCLP
- NassauBahamas · BSNAS
- Cockburn Town DockBahamas · BSCBT
- Government DockBahamas · BSMAT
- South Riding PointBahamas · BSSRP
- Serpentina TerminalBahamas · GQSER
Questions about Freeport
What is the UN/LOCODE of Freeport?
The UN/LOCODE of Freeport is BSFPO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Freeport?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Freeport as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Freeport?
Yes. Freeport offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Freeport have a dry dock?
Yes. Freeport has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Freeport can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 367.3 m long, 48.4 m wide, 15 m draft for Freeport.
Is Freeport a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Freeport.
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