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Fort De France

Name: Fort De France
Address: MQ

UN/LOCODE MQFDF · Scale rank #340 worldwide

Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: open roadstead
Cargo pier depth: 12.5 m
Largest vessel: —

Overview

Fort De France is a medium seaport in Martinique – harbour type: open roadstead. Cargo pier depth up to 12.5 m; channel depth 9.4 m. Water body: Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean.

Country: Martinique
Water body: Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
UN/LOCODE: MQFDF
WPI number: 11550
Coordinates: 14.6000, -61.0667
Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: open roadstead
Shelter: Good

Location

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

Infrastructure & depths

Channel depth9.4 m

Anchorage depth9.4 m

Cargo pier depth12.5 m

Oil terminal depth14.0 m

Tidal range1.0 m

Berths & cargo facilities

✓ Wharves

Cranes & lifts

✓ Mobile cranes
✓ Lifts 25–49 t
✓ Lifts 0–24 t

Repairs: Limited
Dry dock: Medium

Services & access

Pilotage, tugs & traffic

✓ Pilotage compulsory
✓ Pilotage available
✓ Tug assistance
✓ Salvage tugs
✓ First port of entry

Services & supplies

✓ Longshoremen
✗ Electrical repair
✗ Navigation equipment
✓ Medical facilities
✓ Garbage disposal
✗ Dirty ballast disposal
✓ Provisions
✓ Potable water
✓ Fuel oil
✓ Airport nearby

Entrance restrictions

✓ Tide: no
✓ Heavy swell: no
✓ 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 Fort De France in the schedule data yet.

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Trade with Vietnam

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

Martinique market profile →International shipping Steel & steel structure manufacturing

Nearby ports

Port	Country	Harbour size	Distance
St Johns	AG	Medium	292 km
Pointe A Pitre	GP	Medium	188 km
Port Of Spain	TT	Medium	442 km
Road Harbor	VG	Medium	569 km
Galeota Point Terminal	TT	Small	497 km
Grand Cul De Sac Bay	LC	Small	69 km
Philipsburg	SX	Small	435 km
St George's	GD	Small	293 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. 147 (Enroute) - Caribbean Sea - Volume I ↗