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Port Louis
Port Louis is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Indian Ocean, in Mauritius. Its UN/LOCODE is MUPLU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Louis offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Port Louis 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
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 366.4 m
- Draft
- 15.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Louis, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Port Louis
Other Mauritius ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Port Louis
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Louis?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Louis is MUPLU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Louis?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Louis as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Louis?
Yes. Port Louis offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Port Louis have a dry dock?
Yes. Port Louis has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Port Louis can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 366.4 m long, 15.5 m draft for Port Louis.
Is Port Louis a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Louis.
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