Port profile · VEPLA
Palúa
Palúa is a very small natural river harbour on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VEPLA. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Palúa offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Palúa
What members see for Palúa, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Palúa, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Palúa right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Palúa day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Palúa and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Palúa 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
- Emergency only
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Palúa, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Palúa
Other Venezuela ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Puerto OrdazVenezuela · VEPZO
- Ciudad BolivarVenezuela · VECBL
- CaripitoVenezuela · VECAR
- GuiriaVenezuela · VEGUI
- CarupanoVenezuela · VECUP
- CumanaVenezuela · VECUM
- PertigaleteVenezuela · VEPRG
- GuantaVenezuela · VEGUT
Questions about Palúa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Palúa?
The UN/LOCODE of Palúa is VEPLA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Palúa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Palúa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Palúa?
Yes. Palúa offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
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