List of deep-water ports

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A deep-water port is any port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the approval of the Panama Canal expansion proposal in October, 2006, this list will need to be significantly revised when the expansion is completed.

Africa

Atlantic Ocean

(from North to South)

• Tanger-med, Morocco
• Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
• Nouadhibou, Mauritania — iron ore terminal.
• Nouakchott, Mauritania — proposed railhead for Phosphate mine.
• Matakong deep-water port for Simandou and Kalia iron ore — proposed.
• Port Kamsar — bauxite loading port, origin of kamsarmax ship type.
• Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
• Cotonou — Benin
• Lomé — Togo ^[1]
• Kribi — oil terminal
• Lolabé — iron ore — proposed Capesize with 22m draft or Chinamax with 24m draft.^[2]
• Owendo, Gabon — railhead
• Santa Clara, Gabon — proposed deep-water port with railhead for Makokou iron ore.
• Lobito, Angola
• Walvis Bay, Namibia — railhead
• Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Proposed

• Bargny, Senegal ^[3]
• San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire for iron ore
• Ikot Akpatek, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria — proposed
• Shearwater Bay, Namibia — coal ^[4] (30 km south of Luderitz)

Indian Ocean

(from North to South)

• Nacala, Mozambique — railhead for Malawi
• Richards Bay, South Africa
• Ngqura, South Africa — under construction in 2007

Proposed

• Lamu - talks re $3.5b loan from Qatar ^[5]

Americas

Canada

Atlantic Ocean

• Sept-Îles — An iron ore terminal on the St Lawrence River.
• Port Cartier — An iron ore terminal on the St Lawrence River.
• Chandler — large deep-water wharf.
• Melford Terminal (proposed) — deep-water terminal on the Strait of Canso.
• Port of Halifax — the most easterly North American full-service container port.

Pacific Ocean

• Port of Prince Rupert — a deep sea port with direct rail connections to major North American cities.
• Port Alberni — The Alberni Inlet is a fjord like channel that deep sea vessels and cruise ships can easily navigate.
• Port of Vancouver — A modern port of entry on the west coast of Canada.
• Crofton — The main factor for its location is the depth of the water, unusual for the east coast of Vancouver Island.

United States of America

Atlantic Ocean

• Port of Boston
• New York Harbor
• Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
• Hampton Roads — huge port complex with naval and commercial facilities
• Port of Wilmington
• Port of Charleston
• Port of Savannah
• Port Canaveral^[6]
• Port Everglades
• Port of Miami

Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

• Port of Tampa
• Port of Mobile — the only deep-water port in the state of Alabama
• Port of New Orleans
• Port of Beaumont — a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas.
• Port of Galveston — the oldest port on the Gulf Coast, west of New Orleans.
• Port of Houston — located in Houston, Texas, 10th busiest port in world by tonnage.
• Port of the Americas (Port of Ponce) — capable of servicing post-Panamax vessels with a controlling depth of 50 feet (15 m) [1] It should be noted that the Holsatia Express, a vessel of 12.6 m (41 feet) draft, had to be turned away in 2008 because of insufficient water depth, suggesting Ponce may not be a true "deep-water port".

Pacific Ocean

• Port of Seattle
• Port of Tacoma
• Port Madison — sometimes called Port Madison Bay, is a deep-water bay located on Puget Sound.
• Port Angeles
• Port of Grays Harbor
• Port of Longview
• Port of Kalama
• Port of Vancouver USA
• Port of Portland — Three post-Panamax terminals.
• Port of Coos Bay — Oregon's second busiest seaport
• Port of Humboldt Bay — the only deep-water port in California north of San Francisco Bay
• Port of Richmond
• Port of Stockton — California's farthest-inland deep-water port.
• Port of Oakland — the channel is thirty feet deep and eight hundred feet wide.
• Port of Redwood City — resulting from dredging the mouth of Redwood Creek
• Port Hueneme — the only deep-water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the only military deep-water port between San Diego Bay and Puget Sound
• Port of Los Angeles — Busiest port in the United States.
• Port of Long Beach — One of the busiest container ports in the world.
• Port of San Diego — Home to the bulk of the United States Navy Pacific Carrier Fleet. Only the first nine miles (14 km) of the bay are accessible to Panamax vessels.

Central America, South America

• Buenos Aires
• Bahía Blanca — Argentina
• Bridgetown — A dredging project started in 2002 now allows for some of the world's largest cruise ships to berth in Barbados.^[7]
• Port of Tubarão, Vitória — Brazil It is the largest iron ore embarking port in the world deep-water port receiving ships 350,000 tons .
• Ponta da Madeira — Brazil
• Ponta Ubu — Brazil
• Guaiba — Brazil Iron ore export terminal owned and operated by Vale (ex CVRD) in Sepetiba Bay
• Itaguai — Brazil Iron ore export terminal now owned and operated by Vale (ex CVRD) in Sepetiba Bay
• Valparaíso
• Cartagena, Colombia
• Ciénaga, Colombia — coal export port ^[8]
• Manta — Ecuador
• Puerto Bolívar — Ecuador
• Lázaro Cárdenas — Mexico
• Manzanillo, Colima — Mexico
• Punta Colonet — near Baja California ^[9]
• Colón — Panama
• Montevideo
• Boca Grande, Venezuela — Iron ore transfer station

Asia

• Muara — Brunei's only deep-water port.
• Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia
• Port of Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Johor Port — Malaysia
• Kashima — Container, dry and wet bulk and general cargo port
• Fukuyama — Multi-purpose and dry bulk port
• Hong Kong
• Gwadar
• Karachi
• Bin Qasim
• Shanghai
• Qingdao

India

• Chennai Port Trust
• Cochin Port Trust,vallarpadam container terminal
• Ennore Port Limited
• Hazira Port Private Limited
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai
• Kakinada Seaports Limited
• Kandla Port Trust
• Kolkata Port Trust
• Mormugao Port Trust
• Mumbai Port Trust
• Mundra Port
• New Mangalore Port Trust
• Port of Paradip
• Port Pipavav
• Tuticorin Port Trust
• Vishakhapatnam Port Trust

Republic of China

• Kaohsiung

Saudi Arabia

• Damman, Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah Seaport, Saudi Arabia

Singapore

• Port of Singapore

Sri Lanka

• Colombo

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai

Proposed

• Sonadia — Bangladesh near Cox's Bazaar
• Kyaukphyu — Burma for import of oil to China.
• Thanlyin — Burma

Europe

Spain

• - Gijon 57 feet draft may accommodate vessels up to 59 feet

Benelux

• Port of Antwerp
• IJmuiden (Amsterdam)
• Port of Rotterdam, (post-Panamax, largest port in Europe)
• Port of Zeebrugge — located in Belgium.

Poland

• Gdańsk — (Baltimax, post-Panamax)

Portugal

• Port of Sines — located in Portugal.

Scandinavia

• Gothenburg — located in Sweden
• Port of Södertälje — (Stockholm)
• Port of Norrköping — (East coast)
• Narvik
• Port of Aarhus — (post-Panamax)
• Port of Helsinki — (post-Panamax)

France

• Le Havre — France (oil, coal, chemicals, container) Draft up to 25m (Antifer)

United Kingdom

• Port of Felixstowe — (post-Panamax, 35% of UK container traffic)
• Port of Liverpool — (planned new post-Panamax container terminal expansion) New floating landing stage facility in Mersey accommodates cruise ships of 345 metres in length and 10.0 metres draught
• Port of Southampton — (post-Panamax, traditional liner port)
• Port Talbot
• Milford Haven — South Hook and Dragon LNG facilities
• Redcar
• Invergordon
• Hunterston Terminal
• Hound point

Italy

• Gioia Tauro
• Cagliari

Other

• Omišalj — super tanker oil terminal on island Krk in Croatia
• JadeWeserPort — Wilhelmshaven/Germany (oil, coal, chemicals)

Oceania

Australia

(clockwise from north)

• Port of Townsville — military port, Mineral Ores, Fertilizer, Concentrates, Sugar and Motor Vehicles. Able to accommodate 4 Panamax vessels at a time.
• Abbot Point — coal export terminal
• Dalrymple Bay — coal export terminal
• Hay Point — BHP (BMA joint venture) coal export terminal
• Gladstone — coal

• Port of Brisbane — coal, containers
• Port Stephens — shallow and sandy but contains sufficient deep-water to accommodate large vessels.
• Newcastle — coal, wheat
• Port Botany (Sydney) — containers; being closed
• Port Kembla — coal, wheat, cars
• Melbourne
• Geelong
• Portland, Victoria
• Adelaide Outer Harbour deepened to Post-Panamax in 2006.
• Port Bonython, Capesize — oil and proposed iron ore ^[10]
• Whyalla, SA — 65,000t ships
• Sheep Hill — proposed iron ore port
• Port Lincoln — deep-water port for exporting grain and future iron ore. Barges take ore to deep water.
• Fremantle, Western Australia (Perth)
• Geraldton, Western Australia (Midwest)
• Port Hedland — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
• Dampier — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
• East Arm Wharf (Port of Darwin) — Panamax

New Zealand

• Ports of Auckland, Auckland
• Lyttelton
• Marsden Point, Whangarei
• New Plymouth
• Port Chalmers, Dunedin
• Tauranga

(Source: Recount, Taranaki District Council newsletter, page 5.)

Other

• Apra Harbor — a deep-water port on the western side of Guam.

See also

• List of world's busiest transshipment ports

External links

• E-ships.net port database.

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