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Tanga
Tanga is a small natural coastal harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Tanzania. Its UN/LOCODE is TZTGT. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Tanga offers fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Tanga
What members see for Tanga, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Tanga, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Tanga right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Tanga day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Tanga and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Tanga 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
- Moderate
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Tanga, 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
- Fair
- Entrance restrictions
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Tanga
Other Tanzania ports on the same stretch of coast.
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Questions about Tanga
What is the UN/LOCODE of Tanga?
The UN/LOCODE of Tanga is TZTGT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Tanga?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Tanga as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Tanga?
The nautical port index lists no fuel oil or diesel supply in Tanga.
Is Tanga a first port of entry?
No. The nautical port index does not list Tanga as a first port of entry.
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