Port profile · GALBV
Libreville
Libreville is a medium open roadstead on the Gulf of Guinea, in Gabon. Its UN/LOCODE is GALBV. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Libreville offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Services and supplies
What Libreville offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 76 m
- Beam
- 17.2 m
- Draft
- 2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Libreville, 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
- No
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Libreville
Other Gabon ports on the same stretch of coast.
- OwendoGabon · GAOWE
- Cap LopezGabon · GACLZ
- GentilGabon · GAPOG
- OguandjoGabon · GAOGU
- GambaGabon · GAGAX
- EtameGabon · GAETA
- M'ByaGabon · GAMBY
Questions about Libreville
What is the UN/LOCODE of Libreville?
The UN/LOCODE of Libreville is GALBV.
Is pilotage compulsory in Libreville?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Libreville as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Libreville?
Yes. Libreville offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Libreville can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 76 m long, 17.2 m wide, 2 m draft for Libreville.
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