The Territorial Chamber of Accounts of Saint-Martin has made public an observation report on the port establishment or the port of Galisbay. The result is a lack of equipment and investment.
“The port situation has not always been so bad. Thus, during the period 1996-2001, the port of Galisbay was on par with that of Pointe-Blanche, partly Dutch, and captured half of the domestic traffic ”, notes the territorial chamber of accounts (CTC). In 2001, while the Dutch side invested heavily in its infrastructure by increasing the draft, the Department of Guadeloupe, which then managed the port of Saint-Martin, did nothing. "Inaction, both from the departmental community and from the political governing bodies of the port, has hampered its development," agrees the CTC, which considers that the port nevertheless has "a potential to be developed with measure". Particularly in terms of transhipment.
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