Port profile · VEMAR
Maracaibo
Maracaibo is a medium open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VEMAR. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Maracaibo offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Maracaibo 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
- Medium
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 199.9 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Draft
- 10.4 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Maracaibo, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Maracaibo
Other Venezuela ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Bajo GrandeVenezuela · VEBJV
- San Lorenzo/Maracaibo LVenezuela · VESLV
- Punta CardonVenezuela · VEPCN
- AmuayVenezuela · VEAMY
- CumareboVenezuela · VECMR
- ChichirivicheVenezuela · VECHV
- El PalitoVenezuela · VEELP
- Puerto CabelloVenezuela · VEPBL
Questions about Maracaibo
What is the UN/LOCODE of Maracaibo?
The UN/LOCODE of Maracaibo is VEMAR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Maracaibo?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Maracaibo as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Maracaibo?
Yes. Maracaibo offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Maracaibo have a dry dock?
Yes. Maracaibo has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Maracaibo can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 199.9 m long, 32.3 m wide, 10.4 m draft for Maracaibo.
Is Maracaibo a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Maracaibo.
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