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Monrovia map port

Monrovia port facilities

Buchanan map port

> Monrovia map port

Map reference number and Description		Length (m)	Draught (m)
	Main pier general cargo	600	9.15
	Bong Mines pier (BMC) Iron	200	9.5
	Tanker pier (LPRC pier) Crude oil Tanker > 37.000 Max LOA 182 185 Max Draught 7.5 m	160	8.5 at high tide
	Channel		10.5 at high tide

The draught is calculated at low tide. The allowance for high tide is 1 meter/ Water density : 1,025 / ISPS : Level 1 / Weather  Rainy Season : Mid April-mid October. Tornadoes : March/ April and October/November. / Private Stevedoring.

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> Monrovia port facilities

>> Storage capacities

Bonded warehouses	10,000 sqm
Container storage area	8,100 sqm
General cargo storage yard	6,000 sqm
Plugs for reefer containers	nil
Free storage zone for cargo in transit	nil

>> Stevedoring equipment

	Quantity	Capacity
Super stakers	3	46 mt
Tugs	1	1,640 hp
Pilot	3

 

>> Other facilities

	Yes/No
Bunkering	no
Water	yes
Slops	no
Shipchandler	yes
Shipyard	no

 

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> Buchanan map port

Buchanan port Is located some 170 miles southeast of Monrovia. The Liberia-American Swedish Mining Corporation (LAMCO), a joint venture company, to export the iron ore deposits of the Nimba Range, constructed it in 1960. Two breakwaters, 1,890 m and 590 m long protect the harbor. Inside the basin, a 255m long ore-loading quay is located adjacent to the deeper section of the harbor basin with a water depth of 12.95m below chart datum. Adjacent to the loading quay, a waiting berth for ore carriers is available. On the inner side of the secondary breakwater, a commercial quay, 334m long, is located with an available water depth of 10.15 m. The access channel to the port provides ships a water depth of 14.95 m below chart datum and a channel width between the breakwaters of 210 m.

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