Port guide · UN/LOCODE TC GDT
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands · 21.43° N, 71.15° W · Also listed as Cockburn Town
The World Port Index classes Grand Turk as an open roadstead on the North Atlantic Ocean. It records a channel depth of 12.5 m and a cargo pier depth of 4.9 m. Norfolk is 1,780 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 12.5 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- From Norfolk
- 1,780 kmGreat-circle distance
Depths and vessel limits
- Channel depth
- 12.5 m
- Anchorage depth
- 12.5 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 4.9 m
- Tidal range
- 0.8 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
- First port of entry
- No
- Pilotage compulsory
- No
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- No
- Tug assistance
- No
- Tug salvage
- No
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Port security
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- No
- Overhead limits
- No
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, ro-ro and breakbulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is 50 to 100 tons.
- Container
- Yes
- Ro-ro
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
- Lifts of 50 to 100 tons
- Yes
Services and supplies
Repair capability is rated limited.
- Repairs
- Limited
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Deck supplies
- No
- Engine supplies
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with the Turks and Caicos Islands
- US exports, 2025
- $655.1MLed by special classification provisions
- US imports, 2025
- $8.6MLed by special classification provisions
Top goods, trade terms and port guides for the Turks and Caicos Islands
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.