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Toamasina Autonomous Port or Société de Gestion du Port Autonome de Toamasina (''SPAT'') is a Malagasy government body that governs and regulates the
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Toamasina Toamasina (), meaning "like salt" or "salty", unofficially and in French language, French Tamatave or in the past as Port aux prunes, is the capital of the Atsinanana region on the east coast of Madagascar on the Indian Ocean. The city is the chief ...
. The operation of the port has been contracted to Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS), a
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of Filipino company International Container Terminal Services Inc. Toamasina is Madagascar's primary
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port.MICTS, About us


Passenger transport

There is a monthly passenger service from Toamasina to
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Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
with MS Mauritius Trochetia operated by Mauritius Shipping Corporation Ltd.


See also

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Government of Madagascar Politics of Madagascar takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, with a pluralist multi-party system. The President of Madagascar is head of state and the Prime Minister of Madagascar is head of gov ...
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Port authority A port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure. ...
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Port operator A port operator is a port authority or company that contracts with the port authority to move cargo through a port at a contracted minimum level of productivity. They may be state-owned (particularly for port authorities) or privately run. The wo ...
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Transport in Madagascar Paved and unpaved roadways, as well as railways, provide the main forms of transport in Madagascar. Madagascar has approximately of paved roads and 836 km of rail lines. In 2010, Madagascar had of navigable waterways. Railways In 2018, Madaga ...


References


External links

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Toamasina Autonomous Port official site
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Madagascar International Container Terminal Services
Government of Madagascar Port authorities Ports and harbours of Madagascar Toamasina {{Port-stub