Matane, Canada
Port · CAMNE · 48.84°, -67.57°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 44
About the port
The World Port Index lists Matane as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 9 m at the cargo pier and 9 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is not compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 29 port calls at Matane from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 2 a month, 17% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 48%, general cargo ships 45% and dry bulk carriers 7% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 29 thousand t imported and 60 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Mar 2026 (6 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Matane.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 1 calls, 306 t in, 4 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 9 m · oil terminal 9 m
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other, tide; not swell
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- not compulsory
- tugs
- not assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- not ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 145 (Enroute) - Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence
- chart
- 14217
World Port Index entry Matane (No. 1990), matched by UN/LOCODE. 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 0.0%, exports 0.1%.
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.