Port profile · PGMAG
Madang
Madang is a very small natural coastal harbour on the Bismarck Sea, in Papua New Guinea. Its UN/LOCODE is PGMAG. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Madang offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Madang
What members see for Madang, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Madang day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Madang and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Madang offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 190 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Madang, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Madang
Other Papua New Guinea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LaePapua New Guinea · PGLAE
- WewakPapua New Guinea · PGWWK
- KumulPapua New Guinea · PGKUL
- KimbePapua New Guinea · PGKIM
- Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · PGPOM
- Oro BayPapua New Guinea · PGROR
- DaruPapua New Guinea · PGDAU
- VanimoPapua New Guinea · PGVAI
Questions about Madang
What is the UN/LOCODE of Madang?
The UN/LOCODE of Madang is PGMAG.
Is pilotage compulsory in Madang?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Madang as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Madang?
Yes. Madang offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Madang can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 190 m long for Madang.
Is Madang a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Madang.
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