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Papeete
Papeete is a small natural coastal harbour on the South Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Its UN/LOCODE is PFPPT. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Papeete offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and major repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Papeete
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Papeete and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Papeete offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 348 m
- Beam
- 41 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Papeete, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
Ports near Papeete
Other French Polynesia ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Papeete
What is the UN/LOCODE of Papeete?
The UN/LOCODE of Papeete is PFPPT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Papeete?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Papeete as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Papeete?
Yes. Papeete offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Papeete can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 348 m long, 41 m wide for Papeete.
Is Papeete a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Papeete.
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