Port profile · BRREC
Recife
Recife is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Brazil. Its UN/LOCODE is BRREC. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Recife offers fuel oil and diesel, ship stores, fresh water and major repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Recife
What members see for Recife, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Recife right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Recife day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Recife and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Recife 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
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Draft
- 12 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Recife, 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
- Tide, heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Recife
Other Brazil ports on the same stretch of coast.
- SuapeBrazil · BRSUA
- CabedeloBrazil · BRCDO
- MaceioBrazil · BRMCZ
- NatalBrazil · BRNAT
- GuamareBrazil · BRGUA
- AracajuBrazil · BRAJU
- FortalezaBrazil · BRFOR
- AratuBrazil · BRARB
Questions about Recife
What is the UN/LOCODE of Recife?
The UN/LOCODE of Recife is BRREC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Recife?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Recife as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Recife?
Yes. Recife offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Recife can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 12 m draft for Recife.
Is Recife a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Recife.
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