La Baie (Port Alfred), Canada
Port · 48.36°, -70.86° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 193
About the port
The World Port Index lists La Baie (Port Alfred) as a small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 9 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 11 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 6 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
La Baie (Port Alfred) is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 192 port calls at La Baie (Port Alfred) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 16 a month, 10% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 65%, general cargo ships 22% and tankers 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 4.6 million t imported and 286 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (21 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (12).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of La Baie (Port Alfred).
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 16 calls, 390 thousand t in, 18 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 9 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 11 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 6 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide; not swell
- overhead limits
- no
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, Mediterranean mooring, wharves
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 145 (Enroute) - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence
World Port Index entry La Baie (Port Alfred) (No. 2110), matched by name 2.2 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Canada's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 4.9%, exports 0.0%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.