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Luanda
Luanda is a small natural coastal harbour on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Angola. Its UN/LOCODE is AOLAD. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Luanda offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, 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
MembersRecent calls at Luanda and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Luanda 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
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Draft
- 10.4 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Luanda, 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
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- 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 Luanda
Other Angola ports on the same stretch of coast.
- AmbrizAngola · AOAZZ
- Greater PlutonioAngola · AOGPO
- DaliaAngola · AODAL
- GirassolAngola · AOGIR
- PalancaAngola · AOPAT
- AmboimAngola · AOPBN
- SoyoAngola · AOSZA
- CabindaAngola · AOCAB
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Questions about Luanda
What is the UN/LOCODE of Luanda?
The UN/LOCODE of Luanda is AOLAD.
Is pilotage compulsory in Luanda?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Luanda as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Luanda?
Yes. Luanda offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Luanda have a dry dock?
Yes. Luanda has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Luanda can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 10.4 m draft for Luanda.
Is Luanda a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Luanda.
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