Port profile · INIXZ
Port Blair
Port Blair is a small natural coastal harbour on the Andaman Sea, in India. Its UN/LOCODE is INIXZ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Blair offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Port Blair 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
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- None
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
- 183.4 m
- Beam
- 32.2 m
- Draft
- 9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Blair, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Traffic separation scheme
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Port Blair
Other India ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ParadipIndia · INPRT
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- DhamraIndia · INDMQ
- GopalpurIndia · INGPR
- VisakhapatnamIndia · INVTZ
- GangavaramIndia · INGGV
- HaldiaIndia · INHAL
- KakinadaIndia · INKAK
Questions about Port Blair
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Blair?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Blair is INIXZ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Blair?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Blair as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Blair?
Yes. Port Blair offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Port Blair can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 183.4 m long, 32.2 m wide, 9 m draft for Port Blair.
Is Port Blair a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Blair.
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