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Lome
Lome is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Bight of Benin, in Togo. Its UN/LOCODE is TGLFW. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Lome offers fuel oil and diesel, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Lome 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- No
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
- 250 m
- Beam
- 45 m
- Draft
- 15.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Lome, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Lome
Other Togo ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Lome
What is the UN/LOCODE of Lome?
The UN/LOCODE of Lome is TGLFW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Lome?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Lome as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Lome?
Yes. Lome offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Lome have a dry dock?
Yes. Lome has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Lome can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 250 m long, 45 m wide, 15.5 m draft for Lome.
Is Lome a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Lome.
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