Aguadulce (PAAGD)

There is a single pier available for cargo handling. As there is no fendering on the pier itself, it is recommended that vessels have some type of fendering onboard. At low tide, vessels will generally lie safely aground, the bottom alongside the pier being mud. Principal exports are sugar and molasses.

Tropical.

Aguadulce is located on the Pacific coast in Parita Bay.

LOA 100m, draught 5.02m, 2,500GT.

On arrival vessels should wait for the pilot at the anchorage in position 08° 13'N 080°25'W. Depth is 7.4m (LW).

The entrance channel is 7nm in length from the sea buoy to Puerto Aguadulce and has a width of 75-200m. It is marked on both sides by lightbuoys.

BA 1929. Admiralty Pilot NP7, NP286(7).

1025.

Pilotage is compulsory for all vessels greater than 150GT wishing to enter or leave the port. A local pilot is available and it is recommended that his services be used due to periodic changes in the position of the sandbar across the entrance of the estuary. It is customary when docking, to run the vessel's bow into the mud bank and back the vessel into the dock. As the pilots speak very little English, Masters should be advised how this manoeuvre will be effected. Vessels should send requests for pilots through the agent or National Ports Authority on VHF Ch 12. Pilot boards at the anchorage area near the sea buoy (08°13'N 080°25'W).

The port can only be entered during daylight hours at HW, which ranges between 3.3-5.3m. Due to the sandbar across the estuary, it is preferable for the vessel's draught to be at least 0.3m less than the height of the tide. Occasionally, due to heavy swells at the entrance to Aguadulce, vessels might not be able to enter if HW does not generate enough clearance between the vessel's draught and the height of the tide. Tides given for Balboa are the same as those in Aguadulce and occur at approx the same time.

Mean spring range 5.0m, mean neap range 2.7m.

None available.

Prevailing winds: E'ly.

AGUADULCE 8°14.39'N 80°29.96'W UNCTAD LOCODE: PA AGD ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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Tel: +507 501 5106, +507 501 5227, Fax: +507 501 5405, E-mail: dpuertos@amp.gob.pa

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Arrival and departure in daylight hours and at high water only.