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Maintenance area

More commonly known as the «careenage area», the port's maintenance zone, located behind the pay-and-display car park, offers a wide range of services.

Crane service

Lifting operations are by appointment only, either in person with our secretary, by telephone on 04 95 46 09 79 or by email at: airedecarenage@portsaintflorent.com.

  • Our crane operators, Xavier Aubineau and Andrea Louis, are on-site all year round to respond to requests from boaters and marine professionals.
  • The maintenance area has 15 to 18 berths (depending on boat dimensions) for the maintenance and repair of boats.
  • The area is perfectly equipped with moorings to accommodate all types of boats (sail or motor), the equipment is new.
  • The sailboats' mooring is doubly secured with the installation of straps and concrete blocks, if the sailboat is light with a large wingspan for example, for added safety.
  • The service has also been fitted with strap guides, which are attached to boats according to their propulsion systems, to avoid damaging the boat and the probes.
  • The straps are doubled for lifting boats over 35 tonnes.
  • Our crane operators can carry out up to 400 shoring operations during the season plus approximately 300 launchings.
  • For launching and recovering boats up to 22m in length and a maximum beam of 6m.
  • The lifting crane has a maximum capacity of 60 tonnes.

Recycling Centre «Clean Point»

Boaters have a recycling centre available to them, which includes:

  • A tank for waste oil
  • A tank for edible oils
  • A tank for used fuels + hydrocarbons
  • A bin for collecting mechanical filters (air, fuel, oil)
  • A secure cabinet for expired distress flares (we remind you that distress flares are pyrotechnic items with significant quantities of explosive active ingredients and therefore represent a potential danger).

Please check with employees before disposing of your waste!
When the tanks are full, a private company comes on-site, either to exchange them for an empty tank or to pump them out.

Further information

  • Each tank change or pumping is charged at the port of Saint-Florent, but refills remain free for pleasure boaters and nautical professionals.
  • The distress flares are collected by a private company that goes around the ports of Corsica, even though they should be returned directly to the retailers.
  • All other recyclable waste such as metals, wood, etc. is taken to the Saint-Florent recycling centre by the crane operators (see our article on the recycling centre for more details).
  • Producers and holders of used cooking oils (UCO) must comply with general regulations for non-hazardous waste (Articles R. 541-7 to R.541-11 of the Environmental Code). As such, used cooking oils (UCO) can neither be disposed of through the usual household waste channels nor be discharged into wastewater systems.
  • It is forbidden to mix used cooking oils with other products or waste. They must be collected and treated by an approved organisation, meaning one holding a prefectural permit.

The pumps in the maintenance area

  • Two fixed pumps with an underground tank beneath the maintenance area collect all the effluents flowing from the area via a channel.
  • The wastewater is mechanically filtered by a screen (which separates large residues), then it settles for at least 24 hours in tanks.
  • The pumps then send the effluent to a filter column which removes suspended matter, hydrocarbons, and heavy metals.
  • Finally, the filtered effluent is safely discharged into the harbour.
  • The pump has 2 inlets: one for grey water (used running water on boats) and one for black water (septic tank).
  • The grey water is sent to the drain in the maintenance area to be filtered.
  • The black water is sent directly into the sewage system to arrive at the wastewater treatment plant (see our article on the Saint-Florent wastewater treatment plant).
  • Two fixed pumps with an underground tank beneath the maintenance area collect all the effluents flowing from the area via a channel.
  • The wastewater is mechanically filtered by a screen (which separates large residues), then it settles for at least 24 hours in tanks.
  • The pumps then send the effluent to a filter column which removes suspended matter, hydrocarbons, and heavy metals.
  • Finally, the filtered effluent is safely discharged into the harbour.

A mobile pump for black and grey water is also available for boaters.

It can be brought as close as possible to the boats, but there also needs to be a manhole nearby to discharge the black water.
These pumps are available for leisure boaters, they can be used upon request.

Anti-pollution barrier.

The maintenance area also has an anti-pollution boom ready to be deployed very quickly in the event of confirmed pollution in the port.

Opening hours of the maintenance area

  • Low season From Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm

    (January to April and October to December)

  • Low season Friday until 4:30 PM

    (January to April and October to December)

  • Peak season Monday to Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 6:30 pm

    (May to September)

  • Peak season Friday until 6 p.m. & Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

    (May to September)