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Massawa
Massawa is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Red Sea, in Eritrea. Its UN/LOCODE is ERMSW. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Massawa offers diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Massawa
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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 Massawa and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Massawa offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 210 m
- Beam
- 32.2 m
- Draft
- 12 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Massawa, 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
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Massawa
Other Eritrea ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Massawa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Massawa?
The UN/LOCODE of Massawa is ERMSW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Massawa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Massawa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Massawa?
Yes. Massawa offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Massawa can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 210 m long, 32.2 m wide, 12 m draft for Massawa.
Is Massawa a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Massawa.
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