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Porto Grande
Porto Grande is a very small natural coastal harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Cape Verde. Its UN/LOCODE is CVGRA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Porto Grande offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and major repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Porto Grande and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Porto Grande 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
- Major
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Porto Grande, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Porto Grande
Other Cape Verde ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Porto Grande
What is the UN/LOCODE of Porto Grande?
The UN/LOCODE of Porto Grande is CVGRA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Porto Grande?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Porto Grande as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Porto Grande?
Yes. Porto Grande offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Porto Grande a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Porto Grande.
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