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Port Au Prince
Port Au Prince is a medium open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Haiti. Its UN/LOCODE is HTPAP. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Au Prince offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Port Au Prince
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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 Port Au Prince and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Port Au Prince 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
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 190 m
- Draft
- 8.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Au Prince, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- 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
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Port Au Prince
Other Haiti ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Port Au Prince
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Au Prince?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Au Prince is HTPAP.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Au Prince?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Au Prince as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Au Prince?
Yes. Port Au Prince offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Port Au Prince can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 190 m long, 8.5 m draft for Port Au Prince.
Is Port Au Prince a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Au Prince.
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