Port profile · PGRAB
Rabaul
Rabaul is a small natural coastal harbour on the Bismarck Sea, in Papua New Guinea. Its UN/LOCODE is PGRAB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Rabaul 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 Rabaul
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Rabaul day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Rabaul and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Rabaul 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
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Rabaul, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- 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
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
Ports near Rabaul
Other Papua New Guinea ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BiallaPapua New Guinea · PGBAA
- KaviengPapua New Guinea · PGKVG
- KimbePapua New Guinea · PGKIM
- KietaPapua New Guinea · PGKIE
- LaePapua New Guinea · PGLAE
- Oro BayPapua New Guinea · PGROR
- AlotauPapua New Guinea · PGGUR
- MadangPapua New Guinea · PGMAG
Questions about Rabaul
What is the UN/LOCODE of Rabaul?
The UN/LOCODE of Rabaul is PGRAB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Rabaul?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Rabaul as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Rabaul?
Yes. Rabaul offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Is Rabaul a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Rabaul.
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