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Saldanha
Saldanha is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Atlantic Ocean, in South Africa. Its UN/LOCODE is ZASDB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Saldanha offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Saldanha 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
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Limited
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 340 m
- Beam
- 60 m
- Draft
- 21.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Saldanha, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Saldanha
Other South Africa ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Cape TownSouth Africa · ZACPT
- Simon'S TownSouth Africa · ZASMN
- Mossel BaySouth Africa · ZAMZY
- Port ElizabethSouth Africa · ZAPLZ
- East LondonSouth Africa · ZAELS
- DurbanSouth Africa · ZADUR
- Richards BaySouth Africa · ZARCB
Questions about Saldanha
What is the UN/LOCODE of Saldanha?
The UN/LOCODE of Saldanha is ZASDB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Saldanha?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Saldanha as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Saldanha?
Yes. Saldanha offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Saldanha can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 340 m long, 60 m wide, 21.2 m draft for Saldanha.
Is Saldanha a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Saldanha.
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