Marseilles : Profile

Clearance

Customs, Av. Robert Schumann, Tel: +33 (0)491 141516

The office is to port, just inside the entrance to the Vieux Port, after passing Fort St-Jean.

Docking

As the French themselves say, you either love or hate this city!

In the Vieux Port, beware of the ferries; they charge in and out at high speed, taking no account of yachts moving about. It is a very sheltered harbour, although rather noisy. The pontoons on the southern side of the harbour run by Cercle Nautique et Touristique du Lacydon (CNTL) are recommended.

The marina at La Pointe Rouge is in the southern outskirts of the city.

A useful map of the port area.

Cercle Nautique et Touristique du Lacydon
quai Marcel Pagnol, 13007 Marseille
Tel:+33 (0)491 334484, Fax:+33 (0)491 334552
Open all year. Runs pontoon berths on the southern side of the harbour in Vieux Port.

Port de L'Estaque
SNEM, Promenade de la Plage, 13016 Marseille
Tel:+33 (0)91 460140
Max. length 12m. 10 ton crane, fuel, chandlery, laundrette, provisions.

Port de la Pointe Rouge
Place Joseph Vidal, 13008 Marseille
Tel:+33 (0)491 731321, Fax:+33 (0)491 733309
30 ton hoist, fuel.

Societe Nautique de Marseille
Pavillion Flottant, quai de Rive Neuve, 13007 Marseille
Tel:+33 (0)491 543203/337355, Fax:+33 (0)491 334103
Open all year. Also administers pontoon berths on the southern side of Vieux Port.

Yacht Clubs

Cercle Nautique et Touristique du Lacydon [see above]

Club Nautique L Pelle
2 promenarde Georges Pompidou, 13008 Marseille
Tel:+33 (0)491 712443, Fax:+33 (0)491 220326

Societe Nautique de Marseille [see above]

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