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Port Vila
Port Vila is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Coral Sea, in Vanuatu. Its UN/LOCODE is VUVLI. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Port Vila offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Port Vila offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Port Vila, 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
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Port Vila
Other Vanuatu ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Port Vila
What is the UN/LOCODE of Port Vila?
The UN/LOCODE of Port Vila is VUVLI.
Is pilotage compulsory in Port Vila?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Port Vila as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Port Vila?
Yes. Port Vila offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Is Port Vila a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Port Vila.
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