Port profile · ZARCB
Richards Bay
Richards Bay is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Indian Ocean, in South Africa. Its UN/LOCODE is ZARCB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Richards Bay 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 Richards Bay
What members see for Richards Bay, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Richards Bay day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Richards Bay and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Richards Bay 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
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 300 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 17.5 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Richards Bay, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Richards Bay
Other South Africa ports on the same stretch of coast.
- DurbanSouth Africa · ZADUR
- East LondonSouth Africa · ZAELS
- Port ElizabethSouth Africa · ZAPLZ
- Mossel BaySouth Africa · ZAMZY
- Cape TownSouth Africa · ZACPT
- Simon'S TownSouth Africa · ZASMN
- SaldanhaSouth Africa · ZASDB
Questions about Richards Bay
What is the UN/LOCODE of Richards Bay?
The UN/LOCODE of Richards Bay is ZARCB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Richards Bay?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Richards Bay as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Richards Bay?
Yes. Richards Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Richards Bay can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 300 m long, 50 m wide, 17.5 m draft for Richards Bay.
Is Richards Bay a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Richards Bay.
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