Port profile · USPFN
Panama City
Panama City is a small natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USPFN. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Panama City offers diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Panama City
What members see for Panama City, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Panama City, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Panama City right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Panama City day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Panama City and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Panama City offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Panama City, 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
- None
- Entrance restrictions
- None
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Panama City
Other United States ports on the same stretch of coast.
- FreeportUnited States · USXAS
- Port Saint JoeUnited States · USPSJ
- ApalachicolaUnited States · USAAF
- CarrabelleUnited States · USCRB
- SabineUnited States · USSAB
- PensacolaUnited States · USPNS
- MobileUnited States · USMOB
- PascagoulaUnited States · USPGL
Questions about Panama City
What is the UN/LOCODE of Panama City?
The UN/LOCODE of Panama City is USPFN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Panama City?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Panama City as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Panama City?
Yes. Panama City offers diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Panama City a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Panama City.
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