Port profile · HNLCE
La Ceiba
La Ceiba is a very small open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Honduras. Its UN/LOCODE is HNLCE. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. La Ceiba offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at La Ceiba
What members see for La Ceiba, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at La Ceiba day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at La Ceiba and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What La Ceiba 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
Repair
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at La Ceiba, 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
- 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
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near La Ceiba
Other Honduras ports on the same stretch of coast.
- RoatanHonduras · HNRTB
- TelaHonduras · HNTEA
- TrujilloHonduras · HNTJI
- Puerto CastillasHonduras · HNPCA
- Puerto CortesHonduras · HNPCR
- San LorenzoHonduras · HNSLO
Questions about La Ceiba
What is the UN/LOCODE of La Ceiba?
The UN/LOCODE of La Ceiba is HNLCE.
Is pilotage compulsory in La Ceiba?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in La Ceiba as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in La Ceiba?
Yes. La Ceiba offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel La Ceiba can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 8 m draft for La Ceiba.
Is La Ceiba a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at La Ceiba.
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