Port profile · BSNAS
Nassau
Nassau is a medium natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Bahamas. Its UN/LOCODE is BSNAS. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Nassau offers fuel oil, provisions, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Nassau
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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 Nassau and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Nassau offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 360 m
- Beam
- 67 m
- Draft
- 11 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Nassau, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Nassau
Other Bahamas ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Clifton PointBahamas · BSCLP
- FreeportBahamas · BSFPO
- Cockburn Town DockBahamas · BSCBT
- Government DockBahamas · BSMAT
- South Riding PointBahamas · BSSRP
- Serpentina TerminalBahamas · GQSER
Questions about Nassau
What is the UN/LOCODE of Nassau?
The UN/LOCODE of Nassau is BSNAS.
Is pilotage compulsory in Nassau?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Nassau as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Nassau?
Yes. Nassau offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Nassau have a dry dock?
Yes. Nassau has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Nassau can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 360 m long, 67 m wide, 11 m draft for Nassau.
Is Nassau a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Nassau.
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