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Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata is a small open roadstead on the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Dominican Republic. Its UN/LOCODE is DOPOP. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Puerto Plata offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Puerto Plata offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
Waste and health
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 215 m
- Beam
- 30.4 m
- Draft
- 8.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Puerto Plata, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Puerto Plata
Other Dominican Republic ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ManzanilloDominican Republic · DOMAN
- SanchezDominican Republic · DOSNZ
- Puerto ViejoDominican Republic · DOPVA
- SamanaDominican Republic · DOAZS
- HainaDominican Republic · DOINA
- Santo DomingoDominican Republic · DOSDQ
- Las CalderasDominican Republic · DOLCS
- BarahonaDominican Republic · DOBRX
Questions about Puerto Plata
What is the UN/LOCODE of Puerto Plata?
The UN/LOCODE of Puerto Plata is DOPOP.
Is pilotage compulsory in Puerto Plata?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Puerto Plata as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Puerto Plata?
Yes. Puerto Plata offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Puerto Plata can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 215 m long, 30.4 m wide, 8.8 m draft for Puerto Plata.
Is Puerto Plata a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Puerto Plata.
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