Port of Bullenbaai
Bullenbaai is an open-roadstead anchorage in Curaçao, registered under the UN/LOCODE code CWBUB.
This is a directory stub generated from the UN/LOCODE registry; a fuller write-up has not yet been added.
This record’s port function has not been confirmed by Curaçao’s national authority — UN/LOCODE lists it as a “recognised location” (status RL), not an approved one. It may represent a distinct small port, a berth, terminal, or anchorage within a larger port, or a place with no distinct port facility.
Port characteristics
- Size / type
- Medium, Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by swell, other factors
- Charted depths
- Channel21.6–22.9 m (71–75 ft)
- Oil/LNG terminal23.2+ m (76+ ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- Oil / LNG handlingOil/LNG terminal charted (23.2+ m (76+ ft))
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 1 m
- Max. vessel size
- Over 152 m (500 ft) length
- Also noted
- turning area available
Facilities and services
The port is a first port of entry, has a U.S. representative, and requires an ETA message. Pilotage is compulsory, available, and advisable. Assist tugs are available. Other quarantine services is available. Communications include radio and air. Cargo can be worked at wharves.
The port offers medical facilities and dirty ballast reception. Available services include longshore labor. Supplies on offer include provisions, water, fuel oil, and diesel oil.
Repair capability is rated limited and a medium marine railway.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 11820, Pub. 148, chart 24462. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.
- NGA World Port Index database (WPI.mdb), 2019. Facilities and services data.
- Record status: WPI-classified port.