# Baie Taiohae (PF TAI)

**UN/LOCODE:** PF TAI  
**Country:** French Polynesia  
**Water Body:** South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** -8.9333, -140.0833

The Aranui, a combined cargo-passenger vessel, is Taiohae's lifeline to the outside world, calling roughly every three weeks from Papeete along with supply freighters. As the main town of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia's remote Marquesas Islands, Taiohae has no dedicated cargo pier, so goods are worked over a small quay and by lighter. Inbound cargo is food, fuel and building materials; outbound shipments are mainly copra and noni. There is no conventional container or liner traffic here; for that, Papeete is French Polynesia's central port.

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