Macinaggio, which owes its name to its windmills, is the largest port on Cap Corse. It has been very active since antiquity, the Romans used it as a military port.
Catching the wind in the 1970s, when the state encouraged the creation of marinas, Macinaggio planted its flag at the top of the Cape.
Contact Capitainerie
- Harbour Master : Mr Jean Paul CASELLI
- Address : Capitainerie du Port - 20248 Macinaggio
- Tel: +33(0)4 95 35 42 57
- Fax: +33(0)4 95 35 47 00
- Email : portmacinaggio@ruglianu.corsica
- Languages spoken: French, English and Italian
Opening hours of the Harbour Master's Office
- November to March: Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm / Saturday from 9am to 12pm
- April, May, June and September: Monday to Saturday from 8am to 12pm and from 2pm to 7pm
- October: Monday to Saturday from 8am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm
- July and August: every day from 8 am to 8.30 pm
Operation
- Communal port managed by the municipality (Commune of Rogliano)
- VHF channel 9-16
- Double watch
Weather
- Meteo FranceTel: 08 92 68 02 20
- Continuous display of Météo France data on an outdoor television screen accessible 24 hours a day at the Harbour Master's Office
Port facilities
- Places: 605 including 180 visitors (approx.)
- Maximum draught: 3.50 metres
- Maximum length: 45 metres
- Seven ponds
- Full water docks: 291
- Full water pontoons: 252
- Careening area: 4000 m2
- Lift: 60 tonnes
- Mast crane: 2 tons
- Launching dock
- Refuelling station: Diesel / SP95
Services
- Water terminals with quick couplings (gun required)
- Electricity at the quay: 220v and 380v / 16-32-64 A and 125 A
- Sanitary facilities: 12 showers, 4 toilets in the Harbour Master's Office
- Free WIFI internet connection
- High Pressure Cleaning
- Laundromat
- Used oil containers
- Grey-black water pump
- Bilge pump
- Shipchandler
- Handling
- Fuel
- port under video surveillance
Rescue
- CROSS MED CORSE :
- Tel: +33(0)4 95 20 13 63 - VHF 16 - Tel: 196 (free call from a landline or mobile)
- SNSM station of Macinaggio : Canot 082 " Pasquale Paoli ".
- Tel: +33(0)4 95 35 42 57
- https://station-macinaggio.snsm.org/
Location and approach
- Distance to neighbouring ports: Bastia (17M), Saint-Florent (31M), Nice (108M), Italy (Genova 86M, Portoferraio 38M)
- Daytime approach: mountain with 3 peaks in the background of the port
- Night approach: Cardinal beacon EAST then Red light with occultations.