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Road Town
Road Town is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Caribbean Sea, in the British Virgin Islands. Its UN/LOCODE is VGRAD. Pilotage is compulsory and it is a first port of entry. Road Town offers fuel oil, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Road Town
What members see for Road Town, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Road Town, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Road Town right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Road Town day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Road Town and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Road Town 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
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- No
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 240 m
- Draft
- 6.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Road Town, 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
- Tug assistance
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- No
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Questions about Road Town
What is the UN/LOCODE of Road Town?
The UN/LOCODE of Road Town is VGRAD.
Is pilotage compulsory in Road Town?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Road Town as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Road Town?
Yes. Road Town offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Road Town can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 240 m long, 6.7 m draft for Road Town.
Is Road Town a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Road Town.
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