FORT-DE-FRANCE ( MARTINIQUE)  information for this port
LOCATION: Latitude: 14° 38' N - Longitude: 61° 04' W ADMINISTRATION: CCIM-Port BP 782, 97244 Fort-de-France-c dex, Martinique. Tel: +596 59 00 00 - Fax: +596 71 35 73 e-mail: port@martinique.cci.fx - website: www.martinique.cci.com Port manager: Frantz Thodiard. Tel: +596 59 00 00 - Fax: +596 71 35 73 - Radio frequency: VHF Channel 16 Harbour master: Pierre Gibon. Tel: +596 70 20 73; 72 83 71 - Fax: +596 72 83 73 - Radio frequency: VHF 16 Chief pilot: Stephen Virginie-Theresa. Tel: +596 63 20 88 - Fax: +596 63 81 90 - Radio frequency: VHF Channel 16-13 WORKING HOURS: Mon-Sun: 07.00-22.00 - Closed: New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday. APPROACH: The port is located in Baie des Flamands and the main approach is via Pointe des Negres, a wide open bay - Landmark: Pointe des Negres beacon. HAZARDS: Numerous sand bars and reefs - Shallow water - Overhead electric and telephone wires - Submarine wrecks. TRANSPORTATION: Inland transportation is by truck. Goods are transported between port and rest of country by road and cabotage. Fort-de-France International Airport is at Le Lamentin, 10 km from the sea port. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS: Imports: All types of goods - Export: Bananas. WEATHER: Trade winds - No tides. ANCHORAGE: The anchorage is used by some cruise ships. Otherwise all vessels berth except under special circumstances such as awaiting a berth or crew. PILOTAGE: As per international regulations. Pilot boards at Pointe des N gres. Pilotage rates are calculated by LOA, breadth and maximum summer draft. TOWAGE: Not necessary. TRAFFIC: Vessel calls per year: 2,000 Container: 430 - Cruise: 319 - Ro-ro: 423 - Bulk: 170 - Breakbulk: 20 Inter-island ferries: 828 - Cargo handled per year: 2.8 million tonnes. - Cargo handled per day: More than 10,000 tonnes. EQUIPMENT: Three Paceco gantry cranes with a capacity of 40 tonnes each. STORAGE: Open storage: 30 hectares - Covered storage: 18,000 square meters. Ore and bulk cargo: Terminal for ships up to 120,000 dwt and 17 meters draft. Air draft: No restrictions - Refrigeration capacity: 100 reefer points. BUNKERS: By barge and road tanker. PROVISIONS: Three suppliers. WATER: Fresh water freely available throughout the port area at a cost of FF11 per cubic meter. No volume restrictions. FACILITIES: Maximum draft alongside: 12 meters - Longest vessel: 325 meters. | | Facility Length (meters) | Depth (meters) | | Cruise terminal (two berths) | 470 | 10 | | West Quay | 160 | 7 | | Grand Cargo Quay | 180 | 9 | | Tourelles Quay | 325 | 11 | | Hydrobase Quay | 220 | 12 | | Container terminal | 460 | 14 | | Container terminal | 418 | 12 | Cruise: Terminal off Fort-de-France with two berths of 200 and 270 meters with 10 meters depth. Dedicated 325 meter quay with 12 meters depth at Les Tourelles. Container: Handled at Hydrobase Quay and the container terminal. Ro-ro: One ro-ro berth located alongside Tourelles Quay. All quays can accommodate ro-ro vessels with transverse ramps. NEW FACILITIES: Plans for a new 460 meter container terminal with 14 meters depth and 16 hectares of storage, due for completion in 2002. PRIVATE WHARFS: | | Name Berths | Depth (meters) | | Sara Pier | 1 | 6.42 | | Cohe Pier | 1 | 6.5 | MEDICAL AID: Nearest hospital is 3 km from the port in La Meynard. ENVIRONMENT: IMO regulations. Environmental protection is the responsibility of the Direction Departemental des Affairs Maritimes de la Martinique; Prefecture de la Maritime; Direction Regionale des Douanes; Direction Regionale de l'Environment; Parc Natural Regional de la Nautique (PNRN); and Direction Departementale de l'Equipment.
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