Port profile · BSMAT
Government Dock
Government Dock is a very small open roadstead on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Bahamas. Its UN/LOCODE is BSMAT. Pilotage is not compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Government Dock offers diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Government Dock
What members see for Government Dock, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Government Dock, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Government Dock right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Government Dock day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Government Dock and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Government Dock offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Government Dock, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- No
- Beach mooring
- No
- Ice mooring
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Government Dock
Other Bahamas ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Cockburn Town DockBahamas · BSCBT
- NassauBahamas · BSNAS
- Clifton PointBahamas · BSCLP
- FreeportBahamas · BSFPO
- South Riding PointBahamas · BSSRP
- Serpentina TerminalBahamas · GQSER
Questions about Government Dock
What is the UN/LOCODE of Government Dock?
The UN/LOCODE of Government Dock is BSMAT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Government Dock?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Government Dock as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Government Dock?
Yes. Government Dock offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Government Dock a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Government Dock.
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