Port profile · CRLIO
Limon
Limon is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Caribbean Sea, in Costa Rica. Its UN/LOCODE is CRLIO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Limon offers fuel oil and diesel and provisions. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Limon
What members see for Limon, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Limon, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Limon right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Limon day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Limon and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Limon 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
- No
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Beam
- 48.2 m
- Draft
- 11.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Limon, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Limon
Other Costa Rica ports on the same stretch of coast.
- MoinCosta Rica · CRPMN
- QueposCosta Rica · CRXQP
- Golfito BayCosta Rica · CRGLF
- Puerto CalderaCosta Rica · CRPTC
- PuntarenasCosta Rica · CRPAS
Questions about Limon
What is the UN/LOCODE of Limon?
The UN/LOCODE of Limon is CRLIO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Limon?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Limon as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Limon?
Yes. Limon offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Limon can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 48.2 m wide, 11.8 m draft for Limon.
Is Limon a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Limon.
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