Port profile · MXTAM
Tampico
Tampico is a medium natural river harbour on the Gulf of Mexico, in Mexico. Its UN/LOCODE is MXTAM. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Tampico offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, moderate repairs and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Services and supplies
What Tampico 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
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 229.2 m
- Beam
- 32.3 m
- Draft
- 10.7 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Tampico, 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 available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- 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
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Dangerous cargo anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Tampico
Other Mexico ports on the same stretch of coast.
- AltamiraMexico · MXATM
- TuxpanMexico · MXTUX
- VeracruzMexico · MXVER
- CoatzacoalcosMexico · MXCOA
- AcapulcoMexico · MXACA
- Dos BocasMexico · MXDBT
- Lazaro CardenasMexico · MXLZC
- Cayo Arcas TerminalMexico · MXCAT
Questions about Tampico
What is the UN/LOCODE of Tampico?
The UN/LOCODE of Tampico is MXTAM.
Is pilotage compulsory in Tampico?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Tampico as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Tampico?
Yes. Tampico offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Tampico have a dry dock?
Yes. Tampico has a medium dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Tampico can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 229.2 m long, 32.3 m wide, 10.7 m draft for Tampico.
Is Tampico a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Tampico.
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