Port profile · GAGAX
Gamba
Gamba is a very small open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Gabon. Its UN/LOCODE is GAGAX. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Gamba
What members see for Gamba, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Gamba, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Gamba right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Gamba day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Gamba and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Gamba offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- No
- Provisions
- No
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- No
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Gamba, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Gamba
Other Gabon ports on the same stretch of coast.
- EtameGabon · GAETA
- M'ByaGabon · GAMBY
- OguandjoGabon · GAOGU
- GentilGabon · GAPOG
- Cap LopezGabon · GACLZ
- OwendoGabon · GAOWE
- LibrevilleGabon · GALBV
Questions about Gamba
What is the UN/LOCODE of Gamba?
The UN/LOCODE of Gamba is GAGAX.
Is pilotage compulsory in Gamba?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Gamba as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Gamba?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Gamba.
Is Gamba a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Gamba.
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