Port profile · ECMEC
Manta
Manta is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Pacific Ocean, in Ecuador. Its UN/LOCODE is ECMEC. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Manta offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Manta
What members see for Manta, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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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 Manta and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Manta 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
- Limited
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Beam
- 37 m
- Draft
- 9.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Manta, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
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 Manta
Other Ecuador ports on the same stretch of coast.
- La LibertadEcuador · ECLLD
- Puerto NuevoEcuador · ECPEV
- GuayaquilEcuador · ECGYE
- EsmeraldasEcuador · ECESM
- Puerto BolivarEcuador · ECPBO
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Questions about Manta
What is the UN/LOCODE of Manta?
The UN/LOCODE of Manta is ECMEC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Manta?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Manta as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Manta?
Yes. Manta offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Manta can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 37 m wide, 9.7 m draft for Manta.
Is Manta a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Manta.
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