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Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay is a small natural coastal harbour on the South Atlantic Ocean, in Namibia. Its UN/LOCODE is NAWVB. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Walvis Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water and moderate repairs. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
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Live at Walvis Bay
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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 Walvis Bay and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Walvis Bay 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
- Moderate
- Slipway
- Medium
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 100 t+
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Largest vessel
- Length
- 335.6 m
- Beam
- 48.2 m
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Walvis Bay, 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
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Free pratique
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Ports near Walvis Bay
Other Namibia ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Walvis Bay
What is the UN/LOCODE of Walvis Bay?
The UN/LOCODE of Walvis Bay is NAWVB.
Is pilotage compulsory in Walvis Bay?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Walvis Bay as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Walvis Bay?
Yes. Walvis Bay offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
What is the largest vessel Walvis Bay can take?
The nautical port index gives a largest vessel of 335.6 m long, 48.2 m wide for Walvis Bay.
Is Walvis Bay a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Walvis Bay.
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