Port profile · USMSY
New Orleans
New Orleans is a large natural river harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USMSY. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. New Orleans offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at New Orleans
What members see for New Orleans, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for New Orleans, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at New Orleans right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at New Orleans day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at New Orleans and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What New Orleans 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
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at New Orleans, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- 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
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
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Questions about New Orleans
What is the UN/LOCODE of New Orleans?
The UN/LOCODE of New Orleans is USMSY.
Is pilotage compulsory in New Orleans?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in New Orleans as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in New Orleans?
Yes. New Orleans offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does New Orleans have a dry dock?
Yes. New Orleans has a small dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is New Orleans a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at New Orleans.
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