Port profile · VEPCZ
Puerto La Cruz
Puerto La Cruz is a large open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea, in Venezuela. Its UN/LOCODE is VEPCZ. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Puerto La Cruz offers fuel oil and diesel and fresh water. 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
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Puerto La Cruz day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Puerto La Cruz and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Puerto La Cruz 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
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 289.6 m
- Beam
- 49.1 m
- Draft
- 16.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Puerto La Cruz, 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
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Puerto La Cruz
Other Venezuela ports on the same stretch of coast.
- GuantaVenezuela · VEGUT
- PertigaleteVenezuela · VEPRG
- Jose TerminalVenezuela · VEJOT
- CumanaVenezuela · VECUM
- El GuamacheVenezuela · VEEGU
- CarupanoVenezuela · VECUP
- CaripitoVenezuela · VECAR
- La GuairaVenezuela · VELAG
Questions about Puerto La Cruz
What is the UN/LOCODE of Puerto La Cruz?
The UN/LOCODE of Puerto La Cruz is VEPCZ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Puerto La Cruz?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Puerto La Cruz as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Puerto La Cruz?
Yes. Puerto La Cruz offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Puerto La Cruz can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 289.6 m long, 49.1 m wide, 16.8 m draft for Puerto La Cruz.
Is Puerto La Cruz a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Puerto La Cruz.
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