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Praia
Praia is a small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Cape Verde. Its UN/LOCODE is CVRAI. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Praia offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Praia
What members see for Praia, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Praia, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Praia right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Praia day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Praia and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Praia 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
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Praia, 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
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Praia
Other Cape Verde ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Praia
What is the UN/LOCODE of Praia?
The UN/LOCODE of Praia is CVRAI.
Is pilotage compulsory in Praia?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Praia as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Praia?
Yes. Praia offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
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