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Bullen Baai

Name: Bullen Baai
Address: CW

Curacao Oil Terminal · UN/LOCODE CWBUB · Scale rank #226 worldwide

Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: open roadstead
Cargo pier depth: —
Largest vessel: 28.7 m

Overview

Bullen Baai is a medium seaport in Curaçao – harbour type: open roadstead. Cargo pier depth up to —; channel depth 21.6 m. Water body: Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean.

Country: Curaçao
Water body: Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
UN/LOCODE: CWBUB
WPI number: 11820
Coordinates: 12.1833, -69.0333
Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: open roadstead
Shelter: Poor

Location

Gold dot: port location; small dots: other ports of the country. Illustrative map. OpenStreetMap ↗

Infrastructure & depths

Channel depth21.6 m

Oil terminal depth23.2 m

Tidal range0.8 m

Max. vessel draft28.7 m

Berths & cargo facilities

✓ Wharves
✓ Liquid bulk
✓ Oil terminal

Repairs: Limited
Railway: Medium

Services & access

Pilotage, tugs & traffic

✓ Pilotage compulsory
✓ Pilotage available
✓ Tug assistance
✓ Vessel traffic service
✓ Traffic separation scheme
✓ Port security
✓ First port of entry

Services & supplies

✓ Longshoremen
✓ Medical facilities
✓ Garbage disposal
✓ Dirty ballast disposal
✓ Provisions
✓ Potable water
✓ Fuel oil
✓ Diesel oil
✓ Airport nearby

Entrance restrictions

✓ Tide: no
! Heavy swell: yes
✓ Ice: no
! Other: yes
✓ Overhead limits: no

✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).

Vessel schedules

No liner service calling at Bullen Baai in the schedule data yet.

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Trade with Vietnam

Vietnam has no FTA with Curaçao: MFN rates apply (if a WTO member).

Curaçao market profile →International shipping Steel & steel structure manufacturing

Nearby ports

Port	Country	Harbour size	Distance
Puerto La Cruz	VE	Large	526 km
Willemstad	CW	Medium	13 km
Puerto Cabello	VE	Medium	220 km
Maracaibo	VE	Medium	329 km
Santa Marta	CO	Small	574 km
Puerto Bolivar	CO	Small	319 km
Caracasbaai	CW	Small	22 km
Bahia De Pertigalete	VE	Small	533 km

Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 148 (Enroute) - Caribbean Sea - Volume II ↗