Port profile · ZASMN
Simon'S Town
Simon'S Town is a very small coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the South Atlantic Ocean, in South Africa. Its UN/LOCODE is ZASMN. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Simon'S Town offers fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Services and supplies
What Simon'S Town 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
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Emergency only
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- 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
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 195 m
- Draft
- 9 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Simon'S 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
- Other
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Simon'S Town
Other South Africa ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Cape TownSouth Africa · ZACPT
- SaldanhaSouth Africa · ZASDB
- Mossel BaySouth Africa · ZAMZY
- Port ElizabethSouth Africa · ZAPLZ
- East LondonSouth Africa · ZAELS
- DurbanSouth Africa · ZADUR
- Richards BaySouth Africa · ZARCB
Questions about Simon'S Town
What is the UN/LOCODE of Simon'S Town?
The UN/LOCODE of Simon'S Town is ZASMN.
Is pilotage compulsory in Simon'S Town?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Simon'S Town as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Simon'S Town?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Simon'S Town.
Does Simon'S Town have a dry dock?
Yes. Simon'S Town has a medium dry dock and emergency only ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Simon'S Town can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 195 m long, 9 m draft for Simon'S Town.
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