Port profile · BRPOA
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is a medium natural river harbour on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Brazil. Its UN/LOCODE is BRPOA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Porto Alegre offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Porto Alegre 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
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 235 m
- Beam
- 35 m
- Draft
- 5.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Porto Alegre, 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
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Porto Alegre
Other Brazil ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TramandaiBrazil · BRTRM
- PelotasBrazil · BRPET
- Rio GrandeBrazil · BRRIG
- LagunaBrazil · BRLGA
- ImbitubaBrazil · BRIBB
- ItajaiBrazil · BRITJ
- Sao Francisco Do SulBrazil · BRSFS
- ParanaguaBrazil · BRPNG
Questions about Porto Alegre
What is the UN/LOCODE of Porto Alegre?
The UN/LOCODE of Porto Alegre is BRPOA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Porto Alegre?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Porto Alegre as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Porto Alegre?
Yes. Porto Alegre offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Porto Alegre have a dry dock?
Yes. Porto Alegre has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Porto Alegre can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 235 m long, 35 m wide, 5.2 m draft for Porto Alegre.
Is Porto Alegre a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Porto Alegre.
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