Port Blair: clearing in by boat

Offices to visit

In the usual order of the formalities. Addresses can change: ask the harbour office when you arrive.

1. 1

   Mouillage de clearance de Port Blair – douane, immigration, garde-côtes

   CustomsImmigrationautre

   Opening hours : Entrée du port après 5h ; clearance le jour même pour une arrivée le matin

   VHF : 16

   The Coast Guard comes aboard; customs and immigration are ferried in your dinghy, three at a time. Port Blair is the only entry and exit port for the Andamans.

   Directions
2. 2

   Port Management Board, Port Blair – Port Control Tower

   Harbour office

   VHF : 16

   Send the arrival report (FVAR) to the Chief Port Administrator at least five working days ahead; call Port Control on VHF 16; port dues paid at the Port Captain's office on departure.

3. 3

   Andaman Holidays (Asia Pacific Superyachts Andaman Islands)

   Agent

   E-237 Pongy Kyuang (behind Anand Offset Press), Port Blair 744101, India

   Port Blair yacht agent (R. Rathnam), source of the February 2026 regulatory update; contact details reported in 2016.

Sources

• move.noonsite.com/place/india/andaman-islands/view/clearance
• noonsite.com/news/india-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-regulatory-changes-for-visiting-yachts/

This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.