Port profile · TZZNZ
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is a small natural coastal harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Tanzania. Its UN/LOCODE is TZZNZ. Pilotage is compulsory and tugs are available. Zanzibar offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, fresh water and a small dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Zanzibar
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Heading here
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In port now
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Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Zanzibar day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Zanzibar and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Zanzibar 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
- Limited
- Dry dock
- Small
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Zanzibar, 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
- Other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Entry
- Free pratique
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
Ports near Zanzibar
Other Tanzania ports on the same stretch of coast.
Questions about Zanzibar
What is the UN/LOCODE of Zanzibar?
The UN/LOCODE of Zanzibar is TZZNZ.
Is pilotage compulsory in Zanzibar?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Zanzibar as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Zanzibar?
Yes. Zanzibar offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Zanzibar have a dry dock?
Yes. Zanzibar has a small dry dock and limited ship repairs.
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