# Toliara (MG TLE)

**UN/LOCODE:** MG TLE  
**Country:** Madagascar  
**Water Body:** Mozambique Channel; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -23.3667, 43.6667

Cement comes in; timber, maize and cassava go out — that trade shapes Toliara (Tulear), Madagascar's second-largest port. Working from the Mahavatsy pier, it has no container terminal but handles bulk, general cargo, breakbulk, tankers and reefer vessels across two berths limited to about 7.5 metres of draught. Customs runs around the clock, with imports cleared in roughly two days and exports often in half a day. Hinterland distribution depends entirely on road, which constrains reach into Madagascar's interior. Containerised cargo for the island normally moves through Toamasina on the east coast, the country's principal box port, with Ehoala (Fort-Dauphin) as a southern alternative.

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