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Port Sudan
Port Sudan is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Red Sea, in the Sudan. Its UN/LOCODE is SDPZU. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Sudan offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Port Sudan
What members see for Port Sudan, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Port Sudan right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Port Sudan day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Port Sudan and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Port Sudan 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
- Limited
- Slipway
- Large
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 294.5 m
- Beam
- 40.3 m
- Draft
- 13.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Sudan, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Port Sudan
Other Sudan ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Port Sudan
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Sudan?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Sudan is SDPZU.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Sudan?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Sudan as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Sudan?
Yes. Port Sudan offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Port Sudan can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 294.5 m long, 40.3 m wide, 13.2 m draft for Port Sudan.
Is Port Sudan a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Sudan.
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