Port profile · CDMAT
Matadi
Matadi is a small natural river harbour on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Congo - Kinshasa. Its UN/LOCODE is CDMAT. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Matadi offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Matadi
What members see for Matadi, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Matadi right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Matadi day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Matadi and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Matadi 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
- None
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 189.9 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Draft
- 10 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Matadi, 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, 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
- Yes
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 Matadi
Other Congo - Kinshasa ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Matadi
What is the UN/LOCODE of Matadi?
The UN/LOCODE of Matadi is CDMAT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Matadi?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Matadi as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Matadi?
Yes. Matadi offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Matadi can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 189.9 m long, 32.3 m wide, 10 m draft for Matadi.
Is Matadi a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Matadi.
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