Port profile · USTPA
Tampa
Tampa is a medium natural coastal harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in the United States. Its UN/LOCODE is USTPA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Tampa offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, major repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Tampa
What members see for Tampa, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Tampa, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Tampa right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Tampa day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Tampa and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Tampa 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
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Tampa, 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
- Excellent
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- 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
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Tampa
Other United States ports on the same stretch of coast.
- St PetersburgUnited States · USPIE
- Port ManateeUnited States · USPME
- Tarpon SpringsUnited States · USZKL
- Boca GrandeUnited States · USBCG
- GeorgetownUnited States · USGED
- Cape CanaveralUnited States · USPCV
- Fort PierceUnited States · USFPR
- JacksonvilleUnited States · USJVB
Questions about Tampa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Tampa?
The UN/LOCODE of Tampa is USTPA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Tampa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Tampa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Tampa?
Yes. Tampa offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Tampa have a dry dock?
Yes. Tampa has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
Is Tampa a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Tampa.
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