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Nuku Alofa
Nuku Alofa is a very small natural coastal harbour on the South Pacific Ocean, in Tonga. Its UN/LOCODE is TOTBU. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Nuku Alofa offers diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Nuku Alofa offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Draft
- 10 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Nuku Alofa, 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
- Tide, heavy swell
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- No
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Nuku Alofa
Other Tonga ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Nuku Alofa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Nuku Alofa?
The UN/LOCODE of Nuku Alofa is TOTBU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Nuku Alofa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Nuku Alofa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Nuku Alofa?
Yes. Nuku Alofa offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Nuku Alofa can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 10 m draft for Nuku Alofa.
Is Nuku Alofa a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Nuku Alofa.
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