Tulear (Toliara), Madagascar
Port · -23.37°, 43.67° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 61
About the port
The World Port Index lists Tulear (Toliara) as a very small open roadstead harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 9 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 3 m.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 61 port calls at Tulear (Toliara) from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 5 a month, 13% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 36%, general cargo ships 36% and dry bulk carriers 28% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 102 thousand t imported and 14 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (8 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (3).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Tulear (Toliara), the earliest issued in 2003; the most common types are cable ops (4), incidents (2) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Tulear (Toliara) 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: 4 calls, 1 thousand t in, 180 t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- JUDE-25 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2025-03-08 to 2025-03-16 — Hurricane (maximum wind speed of 148 km/h)
- EMNATI-22 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2022-02-16 to 2022-02-24 — Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 204 km/h)
- BATSIRAI-22 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2022-01-27 to 2022-02-08 — Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 231 km/h)
PortWatch lists the ports inside each event's affected area; being listed does not mean the port was damaged or closed.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small open roadstead
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Mozambique Channel; Indian Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 9 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- other
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- water; not deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 171 (Enroute) - East Africa and the South Indian Ocean
- chart
- 61470
World Port Index entry Toliara (No. 47460), matched by name 0.4 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 Madagascar's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 2.7%, exports 3.0%.
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.