Port of Port Alucroix
Port Alucroix is an open-roadstead anchorage in Virgin Islands (U.S.), registered under the UN/LOCODE code VIPAX.
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 Virgin Islands (U.S.)‘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
- Very small, Open roadstead
- Shelter
- Poor
- Entrance restrictions
- Affected by other factors
- Charted depths
- Channel9.4–10.7 m (31–35 ft)
- Anchorage9.4–10.7 m (31–35 ft)
- Terminal infrastructure
- No terminal type is recorded in this WPI source.
Container-terminal handling is not classified by the WPI dataset, so this entry does not infer it.
- Mean tidal range
- 0 m
- Max. vessel size
- Over 152 m (500 ft) length
- Also noted
- turning area available
Facilities and services
The port requires an ETA message. Pilotage is compulsory and available. Assist tugs are 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 water, fuel oil, and diesel oil.
Repair capability is rated none.
Notes and references
- NGA Pub. 150, World Port Index, 27th ed. (2019), index no. 11336, Pub. CP05, chart 25641. Port characteristics are historical reference data; verify current depths, restrictions, facilities, and services with official notices.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.