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Freetown
Freetown is a small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Sierra Leone. Its UN/LOCODE is SLFNA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Freetown 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 Freetown
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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
MembersRecent calls at Freetown and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Freetown 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
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Beam
- 37.4 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Freetown, 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 advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- 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
- Rail connection
- No
Ports near Freetown
Other Sierra Leone ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Freetown
What is the UN/LOCODE of Freetown?
The UN/LOCODE of Freetown is SLFNA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Freetown?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Freetown as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Freetown?
Yes. Freetown offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Freetown a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Freetown.
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