# Maintirano (MG MXT)

**UN/LOCODE:** MG MXT  
**Country:** Madagascar  
**Water Body:** Mozambique Channel; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -18.0667, 44.0167

Unlike Madagascar's deep-water gateways, Maintirano (UN/LOCODE MG MXT) on the Mozambique Channel is only an open roadstead with no deep-draft quay. It can be reached solely by smaller coastal craft and shallow-draft traditional vessels, so its freight relevance stays limited and local rather than international. Typical traffic consists of regional goods and occasional relief supplies brought in by coaster when cyclone-season flooding cuts road links. For containers or larger consignments, shippers rely on Mahajanga to the north and the country's main port at Toamasina.

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