Port profile · MXVER
Veracruz
Veracruz is a medium coastal harbour behind a breakwater on the Gulf of Mexico, in Mexico. Its UN/LOCODE is MXVER. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Veracruz offers fuel oil, 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 Veracruz
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Veracruz day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Veracruz and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Veracruz offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Slipway
- Medium
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 336.7 m
- Beam
- 48.2 m
- Draft
- 12.8 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Veracruz, 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
- Salvage tugs
- No
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- No
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Dry bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Veracruz
Other Mexico ports on the same stretch of coast.
- CoatzacoalcosMexico · MXCOA
- TuxpanMexico · MXTUX
- Dos BocasMexico · MXDBT
- Salina CruzMexico · MXSCX
- TampicoMexico · MXTAM
- FronteraMexico · MXFRN
- AltamiraMexico · MXATM
- Cayo Arcas TerminalMexico · MXCAT
Questions about Veracruz
What is the UN/LOCODE of Veracruz?
The UN/LOCODE of Veracruz is MXVER.
Is pilotage compulsory in Veracruz?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Veracruz as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Veracruz?
Yes. Veracruz offers fuel oil, according to the nautical port index.
Does Veracruz have a dry dock?
Yes. Veracruz has a medium dry dock and major ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Veracruz can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 336.7 m long, 48.2 m wide, 12.8 m draft for Veracruz.
Is Veracruz a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Veracruz.
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