Port profile · PGPOM
Port Moresby
Port Moresby is a small open roadstead on the Coral Sea, in Papua New Guinea. Its UN/LOCODE is PGPOM. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Moresby offers fuel oil and diesel, fresh water 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 Moresby 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 211 m
- Beam
- 35.2 m
- Draft
- 14.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Moresby, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Port Moresby
Other Papua New Guinea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Oro BayPapua New Guinea · PGROR
- LaePapua New Guinea · PGLAE
- KumulPapua New Guinea · PGKUL
- AlotauPapua New Guinea · PGGUR
- SamaraiPapua New Guinea · PGSQT
- DaruPapua New Guinea · PGDAU
- MadangPapua New Guinea · PGMAG
- KimbePapua New Guinea · PGKIM
Questions about Port Moresby
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Moresby?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Moresby is PGPOM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Moresby?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Moresby as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Moresby?
Yes. Port Moresby offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Port Moresby have a dry dock?
Yes. Port Moresby has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Port Moresby can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 211 m long, 35.2 m wide, 14.5 m draft for Port Moresby.
Is Port Moresby a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Moresby.
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