Port profile · CUQMA
Matanzas
Matanzas is a small natural coastal harbour on the Straits of Florida, in Cuba. Its UN/LOCODE is CUQMA. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Matanzas offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Matanzas
What members see for Matanzas, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Matanzas day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Matanzas and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Matanzas offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 252 m
- Draft
- 17 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Matanzas, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- No
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Matanzas
Other Cuba ports on the same stretch of coast.
- CardenasCuba · CUCAR
- HavanaCuba · CUHAV
- MarielCuba · CUMAR
- CabanasCuba · CUCAB
- CienfuegosCuba · CUCFG
- Sagua la GrandeCuba · CURSL
- Bahia HondaCuba · CUBHO
- Nueva GeronaCuba · CUGER
Questions about Matanzas
What is the UN/LOCODE of Matanzas?
The UN/LOCODE of Matanzas is CUQMA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Matanzas?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Matanzas as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Matanzas?
Yes. Matanzas offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Matanzas can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 252 m long, 17 m draft for Matanzas.
Is Matanzas a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Matanzas as a first port of entry.
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