Palua, Venezuela
Port · VEPLA · 8.35°, -62.71° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 91
About the port
The World Port Index lists Palua as a very small river natural harbour with poor shelter.
Listed depths: 13 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated emergency only.
PortWatch estimates 302 port calls at Palua from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 25 a month, 142% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 92% and general cargo ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 19 thousand t imported and 1.9 million t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (32 calls) and the quietest Oct 2025 (18).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Palua.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 21 calls, 2 thousand t in, 63 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- poor
- water body
- Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- cargo pier 13 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell; not ice, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- cranes
- fixed
- services
- electrical repair, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- emergency only
- marine railway
- small
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 148 (Enroute) - Caribbean Sea - Volume II
World Port Index entry Palua (No. 12330), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Venezuela's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.1%, exports 9.0%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.