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Vung Tau
Vung Tau is a small natural river harbour on the South China Sea, in Vietnam. Its UN/LOCODE is VNVUT. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Vung Tau offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Vung Tau
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In port now
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Arrival profile
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Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Vung Tau and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Vung Tau 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
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Floating cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 200 m
- Beam
- 32 m
- Draft
- 10.3 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Vung Tau, 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
- None
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- No
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Port state control at Vung Tau
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Vung Tau, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 3.0 deficiencies on average.
See which ships were inspected and detained at Vung Tau, and what was found.
Ports near Vung Tau
Other Vietnam ports on the same stretch of coast.
- Cai MepVietnam · VNTOT
- Cai MepVietnam · VNCMT
- Phu MyVietnam · VNPHU
- Cat LaiVietnam · VNCLI
- Ho Chi MinhVietnam · VNSGN
- Dong NaiVietnam · VNDNA
- Can ThoVietnam · VNVCA
- Ba NgoiVietnam · VNBNO
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Questions about Vung Tau
What is the UN/LOCODE of Vung Tau?
The UN/LOCODE of Vung Tau is VNVUT.
Is pilotage compulsory in Vung Tau?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Vung Tau as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Vung Tau?
Yes. Vung Tau offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Vung Tau have a dry dock?
Yes. Vung Tau has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
What is the largest vessel Vung Tau can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 200 m long, 32 m wide, 10.3 m draft for Vung Tau.
Is Vung Tau a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Vung Tau.
How many port state control inspections are there in Vung Tau?
8 port state control inspections were recorded in Vung Tau in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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