Port profile · ZAMZY
Mossel Bay
Mossel Bay is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa. Its UN/LOCODE is ZAMZY. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Mossel Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, 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 Mossel Bay 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
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 130 m
- Draft
- 6.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Mossel Bay, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Vessel traffic service
- Yes
- Traffic separation scheme
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Mossel Bay
Other South Africa ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Port ElizabethSouth Africa · ZAPLZ
- Simon'S TownSouth Africa · ZASMN
- Cape TownSouth Africa · ZACPT
- SaldanhaSouth Africa · ZASDB
- East LondonSouth Africa · ZAELS
- DurbanSouth Africa · ZADUR
- Richards BaySouth Africa · ZARCB
Questions about Mossel Bay
What is the UN/LOCODE of Mossel Bay?
The UN/LOCODE of Mossel Bay is ZAMZY.
Is pilotage compulsory in Mossel Bay?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Mossel Bay as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Mossel Bay?
Yes. Mossel Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Mossel Bay have a dry dock?
Yes. Mossel Bay has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Mossel Bay can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 130 m long, 6.5 m draft for Mossel Bay.
Is Mossel Bay a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Mossel Bay.
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