Port profile · TZMYW
Mtwara
Mtwara is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Indian Ocean, in Tanzania. Its UN/LOCODE is TZMYW. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Mtwara offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Mtwara
What members see for Mtwara, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Mtwara, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Mtwara right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Mtwara day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Mtwara and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Mtwara offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- No
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Emergency only
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Mtwara, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Mtwara
Other Tanzania ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Mtwara
What is the UN/LOCODE of Mtwara?
The UN/LOCODE of Mtwara is TZMYW.
Is pilotage compulsory in Mtwara?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Mtwara as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Mtwara?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Mtwara.
Is Mtwara a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Mtwara as a first port of entry.
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