Port profile · VELAG
La Guaira
La Guaira is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VELAG. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. La Guaira offers provisions, ship stores and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What La Guaira offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Provisions
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 278.9 m
- Beam
- 40.3 m
- Draft
- 10.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at La Guaira, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- 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
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near La Guaira
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Questions about La Guaira
What is the UN/LOCODE of La Guaira?
The UN/LOCODE of La Guaira is VELAG.
Is pilotage compulsory in La Guaira?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in La Guaira as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel La Guaira can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 278.9 m long, 40.3 m wide, 10.7 m draft for La Guaira.
Is La Guaira a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at La Guaira.
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