Port profile · SVLUN
La Union
La Union is a very small natural coastal harbour on the North Pacific Ocean, in El Salvador. Its UN/LOCODE is SVLUN. Pilotage is not compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. La Union offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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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 La Union and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What La Union 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
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Not compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at La Union, 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, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near La Union
Other El Salvador ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about La Union
What is the UN/LOCODE of La Union?
The UN/LOCODE of La Union is SVLUN.
Is pilotage compulsory in La Union?
No. The nautical port index lists pilotage in La Union as not compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in La Union?
Yes. La Union offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is La Union a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at La Union.
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