Port profile · AOPAT
Palanca
Palanca is a small open roadstead on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Angola. Its UN/LOCODE is AOPAT. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Palanca
What members see for Palanca, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Palanca, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Palanca right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Palanca day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Palanca and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Palanca 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Palanca, 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
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Ports near Palanca
Other Angola ports on the same stretch of coast.
- SoyoAngola · AOSZA
- Greater PlutonioAngola · AOGPO
- DaliaAngola · AODAL
- GirassolAngola · AOGIR
- AmbrizAngola · AOAZZ
- CabindaAngola · AOCAB
- FutilaAngola · AOFLT
- MalongoAngola · AOMAL
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Questions about Palanca
What is the UN/LOCODE of Palanca?
The UN/LOCODE of Palanca is AOPAT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Palanca?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Palanca as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Palanca?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Palanca.
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