Port profile · AOLOB
Lobito
Lobito is a small natural coastal harbour on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Angola. Its UN/LOCODE is AOLOB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Lobito offers fuel oil, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Lobito 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
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
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
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 275 m
- Draft
- 10.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Lobito, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Lobito
Other Angola ports on the same stretch of coast.
- AmboimAngola · AOPBN
- NamibeAngola · AOMSZ
- LuandaAngola · AOLAD
- AmbrizAngola · AOAZZ
- Greater PlutonioAngola · AOGPO
- DaliaAngola · AODAL
- GirassolAngola · AOGIR
- PalancaAngola · AOPAT
Questions about Lobito
What is the UN/LOCODE of Lobito?
The UN/LOCODE of Lobito is AOLOB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Lobito?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Lobito as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Lobito?
Yes. Lobito offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Lobito have a dry dock?
Yes. Lobito has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Lobito can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 275 m long, 10.3 m draft for Lobito.
Is Lobito a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Lobito.
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