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Nouakchott
Nouakchott is a small open roadstead on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Mauritania. Its UN/LOCODE is MRNKC. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Nouakchott offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Nouakchott offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 10.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Nouakchott, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Nouakchott
Other Mauritania ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Nouakchott
What is the UN/LOCODE of Nouakchott?
The UN/LOCODE of Nouakchott is MRNKC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Nouakchott?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Nouakchott as compulsory.
What is the largest vessel Nouakchott can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 10.3 m draft for Nouakchott.
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