Port profile · MZMPM
Maputo
Maputo is a medium lake or canal harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Mozambique. Its UN/LOCODE is MZMPM. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Maputo offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Maputo
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Maputo day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Maputo and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Maputo 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
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
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
- Draft
- 12.9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Maputo, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Maputo
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- NacalaMozambique · MZMNC
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Questions about Maputo
What is the UN/LOCODE of Maputo?
The UN/LOCODE of Maputo is MZMPM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Maputo?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Maputo as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Maputo?
Yes. Maputo offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Maputo have a dry dock?
Yes. Maputo has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Maputo can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 12.9 m draft for Maputo.
Is Maputo a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Maputo.
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