Sept Iles, Canada
Port · CASEI · 50.18°, -66.41° · Chemical & Allied Industries, Mineral Products, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 395
About the port
The World Port Index lists Sept Iles as a medium river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage, 17 m at the cargo pier and 11 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 10 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Sept Iles is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 430 port calls at Sept Iles from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 36 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 75%, tankers 14% and general cargo ships 10% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 261 thousand t imported and 27 million t exported.
The busiest month was Aug 2026 (46 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (27).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Sept Iles, the earliest issued in 2022; the most common types are nav aids (3).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Sept Iles 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: 46 calls, 31 thousand t in, 2.9 million 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
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 17 m · oil terminal 11 m
- mean rise of tide
- 10 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- Mediterranean mooring
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- garbage disposal, 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
- chart
- 14249
World Port Index entry Sept Iles (No. 1955), 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 0.3%, exports 12%.
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.