Port profile · USLAX
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a large coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Pacific Ocean, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USLAX. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Los Angeles offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Los Angeles
What members see for Los Angeles, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Los Angeles, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Los Angeles right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Los Angeles day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Los Angeles and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Los Angeles 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
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- 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
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Los Angeles, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- 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 Los Angeles
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Questions about Los Angeles
What is the UN/LOCODE of Los Angeles?
The UN/LOCODE of Los Angeles is USLAX.
Is pilotage compulsory in Los Angeles?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Los Angeles as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Los Angeles?
Yes. Los Angeles offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Los Angeles have a dry dock?
Yes. Los Angeles has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Los Angeles a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Los Angeles.
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