Mazatlan, Mexico
Port · MXMZT · 23.19°, -106.42° · Mineral Products, Vehicles & Equipment, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 1
- vessel calls / yr
- 543
About the port
The World Port Index lists Mazatlan as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 19 m at the anchorage and 11 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Largest vessel listed: length 210 m.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated moderate.
Mazatlan is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 694 port calls at Mazatlan from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 58 a month, 8% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, ro-ro vessels 37%, tankers 35% and dry bulk carriers 14% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 2.7 million t imported and 336 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Sep 2025 (69 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (43).
What is reported near this port
1 warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Mazatlan, the earliest issued in 2001; the most common types are quakes (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Mazatlan is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 55 calls, 162 thousand t in, 12 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- North Pacific Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 19 m · cargo pier 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance width
- 146 m
- largest vessel
- length 210 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- not fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- moderate
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 153 (Enroute) - West Coasts of Mexico and Central America
- chart
- 21301
World Port Index entry Mazatlan (No. 15810), 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 Mexico's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 1.9%, exports 0.5%.
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.