Port profile · ZAPLZ
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa. Its UN/LOCODE is ZAPLZ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Elizabeth offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Port Elizabeth 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
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
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
- 324 m
- Beam
- 48.4 m
- Draft
- 12.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Elizabeth, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- 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
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Port Elizabeth
Other South Africa ports on the same stretch of coast.
- East LondonSouth Africa · ZAELS
- Mossel BaySouth Africa · ZAMZY
- DurbanSouth Africa · ZADUR
- Cape TownSouth Africa · ZACPT
- Simon'S TownSouth Africa · ZASMN
- SaldanhaSouth Africa · ZASDB
- Richards BaySouth Africa · ZARCB
Questions about Port Elizabeth
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Elizabeth?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Elizabeth is ZAPLZ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Elizabeth?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Elizabeth as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Elizabeth?
Yes. Port Elizabeth offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Port Elizabeth can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 324 m long, 48.4 m wide, 12.8 m draft for Port Elizabeth.
Is Port Elizabeth a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Elizabeth.
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