Port guide
Andoany, Madagascar
Madagascar · 13.40° S, 48.30° E
The World Port Index classes Andoany as an open roadstead on the Mozambique Channel. It records a channel depth of 20.1 m and a cargo pier depth of 7.9 m. Norfolk is 13,960 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 20.1 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Max vessel draft
- 12 m
- From Norfolk
- 13,960 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Antsiranana170 km away
Depths and vessel limits
Of the 4 ports in Madagascar with guides here, Andoany records the deepest cargo pier in the index. The index sets a maximum vessel draft of 12 m.
- Channel depth
- 20.1 m
- Anchorage depth
- 15.5 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 4.9 m
- Tidal range
- 4 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 12 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
- Pilotage available
- No
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Fair
- Entrance restricted by swell
- Yes
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, breakbulk and liquid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is 25 to 49 tons.
- Container
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 25 to 49 tons
- Yes
- Lifts up to 24 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- Yes
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated emergency only.
- Repairs
- Emergency Only
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel oil
- No
- Potable water
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- No
- Engine supplies
- No
- Shore electricity
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Madagascar
- US exports, 2025
- $59.9MLed by electrical machinery and equipment
- US imports, 2025
- $695.1MLed by knitted apparel
Other ports in Madagascar
The nearest is Antsiranana, 170 km away in a straight line.
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.