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Ventspils
Ventspils is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Baltic Sea, in Latvia. Its UN/LOCODE is LVVNT. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Ventspils offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a medium dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Ventspils
What members see for Ventspils, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Ventspils, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Ventspils right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Ventspils day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Ventspils and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Ventspils 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 277 m
- Beam
- 50 m
- Draft
- 15 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Ventspils, 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
- Tide, 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
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- No
- LNG terminal
- No
- Med mooring
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Ventspils
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Ventspils, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 0.4 deficiencies on average. Most often found: fire safety, propulsion and auxiliary machinery.
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Questions about Ventspils
What is the UN/LOCODE of Ventspils?
The UN/LOCODE of Ventspils is LVVNT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Ventspils?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Ventspils as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Ventspils?
Yes. Ventspils offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Ventspils have a dry dock?
Yes. Ventspils has a medium dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Ventspils can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 277 m long, 50 m wide, 15 m draft for Ventspils.
Is Ventspils a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Ventspils.
How many port state control inspections are there in Ventspils?
2 port state control inspections were recorded in Ventspils in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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