LITTORALICIOUSWhat's in every Port Call
One port per article. Same six things in the same order, every time, so a chef who knows one Port Call can navigate any other in 60 seconds:
- The Three Berths. The shortlist a captain would actually pick from. Phone, address, draft, VHF channel, the trade-off between them.
- An interactive map. Every supplier pinned, category-filtered, with a sticky side panel that follows you as you read — hover a name in the prose and its pin lights up on the map in real time.
- The supplier sections — Wholesale, Fish, Meat, Specialty, Bread, Produce, Wine, Agents. Each entry has a verified phone, address, hours, and a Google Maps deep-link. No floating recommendations.
- Inline cautions. The smaller gotchas — closed Sundays, cash-only counters, the 48-hour pre-order rule — show up like this, right next to the supplier they relate to. Three severities, hover-revealed workarounds.
- Watch-outs by Season & Event. The few days a year when the city stops working — Biennale opening, hurricane watches, Carnival weekend, the New Year supply-ferry crunch. Severity-coloured, dated, with a concrete workaround for each.
- The Bottom Line. Three operational moves that do 80% of the work, and the dates to avoid. If you read nothing else, read this.
Live ports
Venice
Three berths (Sant'Elena · Venice Yacht Pier · Certosa), Pesto Sea Group as the agent, the Pescheria at 07:30, Sant'Erasmo direct-supply, Mestre as the wholesale answer. Watch-outs for Biennale, Redentore, acqua alta, Ferragosto.
Open Venice →Miami & Fort Lauderdale
Three berths (Pier 66 · Bahia Mar · Island Gardens), the Costco BC + Restaurant Depot + Halpern's triangle, Haulover off-the-boat, 168 Market Asian stock-up. Watch-outs for Boat Show, Art Basel, hurricane season, Spring Break.
Open Miami / FTL →St. Barth
Three berths (Gustavia · Colombier · Public), WIMCO + Voyager cargo ferry, AMC Marché U + Le Cellier + La Petite Colombe, Carrefour Marigot via the off-island bulk run. Watch-outs for the NYE eggs crunch, the Bucket Regatta, the Voiles de St-Barth, hurricane season.
Open St. Barth →In production
Antibes / Cannes
Three berths between Vauban, Pierre Canto and Port Vauban. The marché Forville and the fishermen of Le Suquet. Watch-outs for the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco GP, and the August Mistral.
Coming soonPalma de Mallorca
STP shipyard logistics, Mercat de l'Olivar, the agent ecosystem. Watch-outs for the August closures and the boat show.
Coming soonPorto Cervo
Marina di Porto Cervo, the supplier ecosystem, the August surge, and the helicopter hop to Olbia for the boat-show flights.
Coming soonHow a Port Call is made
One port per article. Built from working yacht-chef intel — WhatsApp groups, in-port walk-arounds, post-trip debriefs. Every supplier is verified by phone. Every map link is checked. Every watch-out comes from a real chef who got caught by it.
The format is fixed across every port — same three berths grid, same foldable category sections, same severity-coloured cautions and watch-outs. A chef who knows the Venice port call can navigate the Miami one in 60 seconds, because the structure is the same.
If you have intel for a port not yet covered — or a watch-out we missed for one that is — write in. The series is built by the chefs who actually dock there.
- Port Call Venice — Provisioning a city with no roads.
- Port Call Miami & Fort Lauderdale — The provisioning capital of the Americas.