Port profile · NGLOS
Lagos
Lagos is a large natural river harbour on the Bight of Benin, in Nigeria. Its UN/LOCODE is NGLOS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Lagos offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Lagos
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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 Lagos and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Lagos 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 267.1 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 13.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Lagos, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Lagos
Other Nigeria ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LekkiNigeria · NGLKK
- Ukpokoiti TerminalNigeria · NGUKP
- EscravosNigeria · NGESC
- KokoNigeria · NGKOK
- SapeleNigeria · NGSPL
- BurutuNigeria · NGBUR
- WarriNigeria · NGWAR
- PenningtonNigeria · NGPEN
Questions about Lagos
What is the UN/LOCODE of Lagos?
The UN/LOCODE of Lagos is NGLOS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Lagos?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Lagos as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Lagos?
Yes. Lagos offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Lagos have a dry dock?
Yes. Lagos has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Lagos can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 267.1 m long, 50 m wide, 13.5 m draft for Lagos.
Is Lagos a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Lagos.
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