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Takoradi
Takoradi is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana. Its UN/LOCODE is GHTKD. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Takoradi offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Services and supplies
What Takoradi 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
- Dry dock
- Small
- Slipway
- Large
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
- 225 m
- Beam
- 36.5 m
- Draft
- 13.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Takoradi, 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
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Takoradi
Other Ghana ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Takoradi
What is the UN/LOCODE of Takoradi?
The UN/LOCODE of Takoradi is GHTKD.
Is pilotage compulsory in Takoradi?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Takoradi as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Takoradi?
Yes. Takoradi offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Takoradi have a dry dock?
Yes. Takoradi has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Takoradi can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 225 m long, 36.5 m wide, 13.3 m draft for Takoradi.
Is Takoradi a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Takoradi.
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