Port profile · PESNX
San Nicolas
San Nicolas is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Pacific Ocean, in Peru. Its UN/LOCODE is PESNX. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. San Nicolas offers provisions. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at San Nicolas
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at San Nicolas and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What San Nicolas offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- No
- Provisions
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Emergency only
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at San Nicolas, 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
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- No
Ports near San Nicolas
Other Peru ports on the same stretch of coast.
- ConchanPeru · PECON
- MataraniPeru · PEMRI
- CallaoPeru · PECLL
- La PampillaPeru · PELPP
- AnconPeru · PEANC
- ChancayPeru · PECHY
- IloPeru · PEILQ
- HuachoPeru · PEHCO
Questions about San Nicolas
What is the UN/LOCODE of San Nicolas?
The UN/LOCODE of San Nicolas is PESNX.
Is pilotage compulsory in San Nicolas?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in San Nicolas as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in San Nicolas?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in San Nicolas.
Is San Nicolas a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at San Nicolas.
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