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Pre Arrival:  Overview | Location | Charts | Limits   ...
Arrival:  Approaches | Pilotage | Anchorages
Communications:  Pratique | Pre-Arrival | VHF | VTS/Radar
Berthing Ops:  Tugs | Berths
Cargo:  Breakbulk | Bulk | Containers | Cruise | Other   ...
Pollution:  Waste | Slops
Facilities:  Medical | Water | Fuel | Drydock | Repairs
Security:  Police etc | Security | Regs
Report:  Report

Summary

Max. Size:  Breakbulk:  Draft 11.0 m. Containers:  Draft 18.0 m. Ro-Ro:  Draft 14.0 m. Bulk:  Draft 9.5 m. Tankers:  Draft 11.5 m. Gas:  Draft 9.45 m.
Fuel:  Available.
Airport:  Abidjan Int'l, 10 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:  140 x 32.0 x 7.0 m., capacity 10,000 tons.
Medical:  Facilities available.
Abidjan
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OVERVIEW:  The port services the largest city in the Ivory Coast, has and is undergoing significant development. It is the largest tuna handling port in Africa. Handles dry and liquid bulk, containers, LPG, offshore, project, reefer, Ro-Ro and breakbulk cargoes.
LOCATION:  In the southeast of Ivory Coast on the Gulf of Guinea.
CHARTS:  Digital: FR373850, FR475750, FR57575A and FR675760.
Paper: BA 3101 and 3103.
US 57060, 57063 and 57064.
Publications:  NP1, Africa Pilot Vol 1.
PORT LIMITS:  The pilotage zone is limited by a circle of 3.5 n.m. radius, centred on the pier lighthouse of the west jetty of the entry canal.
DOCUMENTS:  All ships calling at Abidjan to discharge cargo are required to supply, on arrival 13 sets of Cargo Manifests and 4 sets of Freighted Manifests for each port of loading (IMO Class Code for all hazardous cargoes). The administration no longer