Port profile · MXPVR
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is a small river harbour with basins on the North Pacific Ocean, in Mexico. Its UN/LOCODE is MXPVR. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Puerto Vallarta offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Puerto Vallarta
What members see for Puerto Vallarta, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Puerto Vallarta right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Puerto Vallarta day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Puerto Vallarta and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Puerto Vallarta 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
- None
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 290 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Puerto Vallarta, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Puerto Vallarta
Other Mexico ports on the same stretch of coast.
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- La PazMexico · MXLAP
- PichilingueMexico · MXPIC
- TopolobampoMexico · MXTPB
- AcapulcoMexico · MXACA
- San Juan De La CostaMexico · MXSJC
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Questions about Puerto Vallarta
What is the UN/LOCODE of Puerto Vallarta?
The UN/LOCODE of Puerto Vallarta is MXPVR.
Is pilotage compulsory in Puerto Vallarta?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Puerto Vallarta as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Puerto Vallarta?
Yes. Puerto Vallarta offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Puerto Vallarta can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 290 m long for Puerto Vallarta.
Is Puerto Vallarta a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Puerto Vallarta as a first port of entry.
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