Port profile · COTCO
Tumaco
Tumaco is a very small open roadstead on the North Pacific Ocean, in Colombia. Its UN/LOCODE is COTCO. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Tumaco offers fuel oil and fresh water. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Tumaco
What members see for Tumaco, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Tumaco, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Tumaco right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Tumaco day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Tumaco and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Tumaco offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- No
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Deck stores
- No
- Engine stores
- No
Repair
- Electrical repair
- No
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Tumaco, 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
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Tide, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- No
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Tumaco
Other Colombia ports on the same stretch of coast.
- BalboaColombia · COBAL
- BuenaventuraColombia · COBUN
- TurboColombia · COTRB
- CovenasColombia · COCVE
- Covenas Offshore TerminalColombia · COCOV
- MamonalColombia · COMAM
- CartagenaColombia · COCTG
- BarranquillaColombia · COBAQ
Questions about Tumaco
What is the UN/LOCODE of Tumaco?
The UN/LOCODE of Tumaco is COTCO.
Is pilotage compulsory in Tumaco?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Tumaco as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Tumaco?
Yes. Tumaco offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Is Tumaco a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Tumaco.
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