Port profile · PTVDC
Viana Do Castelo
Viana Do Castelo is a small harbour on the North Atlantic Ocean, in Portugal. Its UN/LOCODE is PTVDC. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Viana Do Castelo offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water, moderate repairs and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
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Services and supplies
What Viana Do Castelo 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
- Small
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Viana Do Castelo, 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
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Viana Do Castelo
Other Portugal ports on the same stretch of coast.
- LeixoesPortugal · PTLEI
- AveiroPortugal · PTAVE
- Figueira Da FozPortugal · PTFDF
- DouroPortugal · PTDOU
- LisboaPortugal · PTLIS
- SetubalPortugal · PTSET
- SinesPortugal · PTSIE
- LagosPortugal · PTLOS
Questions about Viana Do Castelo
What is the UN/LOCODE of Viana Do Castelo?
The UN/LOCODE of Viana Do Castelo is PTVDC.
Is pilotage compulsory in Viana Do Castelo?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Viana Do Castelo as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Viana Do Castelo?
Yes. Viana Do Castelo offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Viana Do Castelo have a dry dock?
Yes. Viana Do Castelo has a small dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Viana Do Castelo a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Viana Do Castelo.
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