Port

Port Maritima

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Maximum length: 5.5 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 1.6 m

Marina of about 1000 berths at Martigues, on the Caronte channel linking the Étang de Berre to the Mediterranean.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access from the Gulf of Fos through the Caronte channel, which runs about 4 nautical miles inland. The lifting bridge of Martigues opens on a published schedule for masted vessels. Max draught 1.6 m at the berth. Call the harbour office on VHF 9 before arrival.

Practical

Around 1000 berths with water and electricity on the pontoons. Two closer alternatives if full: Port Terra 0.2 nm NE and Port de Ferrières 0.8 nm NE, both inside Martigues. Town centre, supermarkets and restaurants within walking distance.

Ashore

Old quarter of L'Île at about 300 m, with the Saint-Genest bridge and the Miroir aux Oiseaux painted by Ziem and Corot. Musée Ziem at 600 m. Étang de Berre shoreline walk and Jonquières quarter on the opposite bank.

History

Martigues took its current form in 1581 when the three villages of Jonquières, L'Île and Ferrières were merged. The town was a fishing and salt centre before becoming an industrial hub with the Lavéra refinery in the 1930s.