Port guide · UN/LOCODE SX PHI
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten · 18.02° N, 63.05° W · Also listed as Filipsburg; Grand Bay; Groote Baai
The World Port Index classes Philipsburg as a natural coastal harbor on the Caribbean Sea. It records a channel depth of 21.6 m and a cargo pier depth of 9.4 m. Norfolk is 2,460 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 21.6 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 9.4 m
- Max vessel length
- 326.1 m
- From Norfolk
- 2,460 kmGreat-circle distance
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel length of 326.1 m and a maximum draft of 10 m.
- Channel depth
- 21.6 m
- Anchorage depth
- 8 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 9.4 m
- Tidal range
- 0.3 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 326.1 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 47 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 10 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 is compulsory.
- First port of entry
- No
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Tug salvage
- No
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Port security
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Fair
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- No
- Overhead limits
- No
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, ro-ro, breakbulk, solid bulk and liquid bulk.
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
Services and supplies
- Repairs
- None
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel oil
- No
- Potable water
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Sint Maarten
- US exports, 2025
- $755.7MLed by precious stones, metals and jewelry
- US imports, 2025
- $133.4MLed by special classification provisions
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.