France seaport freight: Guadeloupe and Martinique
France seaport freight: Guadeloupe and Martinique stood at 1,513 thousand tonnes in Q1 2026, according to Eurostat – gross weight of goods handled in main ports, France, quarterly (mar_go_qm_fr). It is one of the indicators in the Seaport traffic (quarterly) table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1998 to Q1 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Seaport traffic (quarterly) table
| Indicator | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | Q4-2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadeloupe and Martinique2 | 1,513 | 1,480 | 1,466 | 1,363 | 1,355 | 1,511 | 1,380 | 1,373 | 1,306 | 1,461 | |
| Guadeloupe (Pointe-à-Pitre) | 800 | 795 | 705 | 780 | 717 | 780 | 727 | 732 | 747 | 767 | |
| Martinique (Fort-de-France) | 772 | 796 | 785 | 592 | 652 | 767 | 680 | 670 | 582 | 694 |
Understanding france seaport freight: Guadeloupe and Martinique
Combining maritime freight movements across this dual-island Caribbean territory, this metric tallies the total physical weight of all commercial goods passing through the region's sea terminals. The measure aggregates both inbound and outbound cargo processed across the constituent island harbors, capturing dry bulk, liquid bulk, and general containerized merchandise within a single regional total. Excluded from the enumeration are empty cargo containers, ship stores, and military equipment moving aboard naval vessels. In contrast to single-harbor metrics, this broad grouping aggregates activity across multiple distinct island ports, blending separate local trade patterns into one unified territorial measure.
Evaluating this combined regional series necessitates caution regarding inter-island logistics shifts and periodic revisions triggered by delayed administrative filings from smaller harbor authorities. Because shipping schedules are frequently dictated by regional weather events and localized agricultural cycles, quarter-on-quarter changes can be deceptive; analysts instead rely on twelve-month comparisons to discern genuine shifts in trade volume. Furthermore, users should not compare this aggregated island group total directly with individual continental ports, as the underlying maritime dynamics and vessel types differ significantly.
Frequently asked questions
- Which geographic locations contribute data to this combined territory series?
- The figures aggregate commercial maritime traffic from seaport facilities across both Guadeloupe and Martinique into a single regional total.
- How do early estimates for this regional aggregate differ from later figures?
- Initial reports often rely on provisional manifest data that get revised once final customs and port authority declarations are fully processed.
- Is it appropriate to compare this combined island total directly with a single mainland French port?
- Direct comparisons can be misleading because the scale, vessel composition, and trade drivers of island economies differ fundamentally from continental hubs.