Port profile · HNPCA
Puerto Castillas
Puerto Castillas is a very small open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Honduras. Its UN/LOCODE is HNPCA. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Puerto Castillas offers fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Puerto Castillas
What members see for Puerto Castillas, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Puerto Castillas, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Puerto Castillas right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Puerto Castillas day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Puerto Castillas and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Puerto Castillas offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
- Lifts of 100 t+
- No
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- No
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
Largest vessel
- Length
- 225 m
- Draft
- 10.9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Puerto Castillas, 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 available
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- No
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Ports near Puerto Castillas
Other Honduras ports on the same stretch of coast.
- TrujilloHonduras · HNTJI
- RoatanHonduras · HNRTB
- La CeibaHonduras · HNLCE
- TelaHonduras · HNTEA
- Puerto CortesHonduras · HNPCR
- San LorenzoHonduras · HNSLO
Questions about Puerto Castillas
What is the UN/LOCODE of Puerto Castillas?
The UN/LOCODE of Puerto Castillas is HNPCA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Puerto Castillas?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Puerto Castillas as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Puerto Castillas?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Puerto Castillas.
What is the largest vessel Puerto Castillas can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 225 m long, 10.9 m draft for Puerto Castillas.
Is Puerto Castillas a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Puerto Castillas.
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