Challenges and Opportunities for Martinique

Pr Jean CRUSOL REGIONAL COUNCIL MARTINIQUE

Total land erea: 2 M Km2

Sea erea : 3 M Km2Strategic location

between North and South America

between Atlantic and Pacific oceans

Panama Canal: Trade: 300 M tons >50% intra USA

Total Transshipment 2010: 7 Million containers

Canal extension : 2015 Ships capacity: from

5000 to 12 000 (15 000)

Growth untill 2025: 11 M (plus 4 M)

Saturation of existing ports

Kingston: >1000 000 RioHaina-Punta

Causedo: >500 000 Freeport: >1000 000 Cartagena : 450 000 Port of Spain: 350

000 Martinique : <

150000

Docks : 460 m Storage area: 15 ha Depth : 14 m Number of containers

in 2010: 140 000 (declining)

Transshipment: 10 000 5th rang in french ports Local port depending

on caribbean and european ports

Social instability Inbalance

import/export: 40%

Docks extension : 460 to 650 m

North zone extension: 9 ha

East zone extension :

3 ha Access road : 5 Km Total cost : 60 M € Dead line: 2015

Transshipment for route North-South America

From 10 000 containers transshiped to 220 000 and 350 000…

Service for East Caribbean, South America and Europe

Industrial and other value-added transformation for reexport from and to Europe

LONG TERM EXTENSION HUB PORT OF CARIBBEAN

Construction of new facility and storage capacity : 45 ha

Docks: 1400 m Depth: 18 m Capacity: 500 000 to

1000 000 containers Transshipment:

caribbean-north-south-america-europe

To become an « active frontier » of Europe, and not a passive appendix

Develop technologies and economic activities of the future with technological and scientific backing from Europe and elsewere

Direct connection and communication with our geographical region and the world

Turn the island culture to wath it was (amerindians) and should become again :

« A maritime and forward looking culture »