List of deep-water ports

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.
• Port Kamsar, Guinea — bauxite loading port, origin of Kamsarmax ship type.
• Matakong, Guinea deep-water port for Simandou and Kalia iron ore — proposed.
• Tagrin Point, Sierra Leone - iron ore port
• Monrovia, Liberia - proposed deepening to 20m for 200,000t vessels.
• Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
• Tema, Ghana — built 1961
• Cotonou — Benin
• Lomé — Togo
• Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal
• Lolabé, Cameroon — iron ore — proposed Capesize with 22m draft or Chinamax with 24m draft.
• 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
• San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire for iron ore
• Tagrin Point, Sierra Leone for iron ore
• Ikot Akpatek, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria — proposed
• Shearwater Bay, Namibia — coal (30 km south of Luderitz)

Indian Ocean

(from North to South)

• Mtwara, Tanzania
• Nacala, Mozambique — railhead for Malawi
• Richards Bay, South Africa
• Ngqura, South Africa

Proposed

• Pangani, Tanzania

• Lamu - talks re $3.5b loan from Qatar
• Technobanine Point
• Pemba, Mozambique

Americas

Canada

Atlantic Ocean

• Sept-Îles — An iron ore terminal on the Saint Lawrence River.
• Port Cartier — An iron ore terminal on the Saint Lawrence River.
• Quebec City — A deep water terminal on the Saint Lawrence River and the gateway to the Great Lakes, capable of accommodating Panamax and Capesize vessels with 50 feet of water at low tide
• 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 Baltimore
• Port of Boston
• Port of New York and New Jersey, includes
  • Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
• Port of Wilmington
• Hampton Roads — Complex includes naval and commercial facilities
• Port of Wilmington
• Port of Charleston
• Port of Savannah
• Port Canaveral
• Port Everglades
• Port of Jacksonville
• Port of Miami

Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

• Port Corpus Christi — Port Corpus Christi is the 5th largest port in the United Sates in total tonnage. Strategically located on the western Gulf of Mexico, with a straight, 45 ft deep channel. From bottom of spout to waterline at MHW: 62 ft Panamax class vessels are handled at the Port's Bulk Terminal. Dry bulk commodities include coal, ore, minerals, petroleum coke, and others. The future La Quinta Trade Gateway Terminal, (project currently in construction), will provide a state-of-the-art multi-purpose dock and container facility. Project features consist of the Federal extension of the 45 ft deep La Quinta Ship Channel, construction of a 3800 ft long, three berth ship dock with nine ship-to-shore cranes, 180 acres of container/cargo storage yard, an intermodal rail yard, and over 400 acres for on-site distribution and warehouse centers. The facility will have the capacity to handle approximately 1 million TEUs annually. PANAMAX capapable - Port Corpus Christi.
• 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, tenth-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). The Holsatia Express, a vessel of 12.6 metres (41 ft) 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.

Latin America

Atlantic Ocean

• Buenos Aires — Argentina
• Bahía Blanca — Argentina
• Quequén — Argentina
• 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
• Montevideo

Caribbean Sea

• Bridgetown — A dredging project started in 2002 now allows for some of the world's largest cruise ships to berth in Barbados.
• Grand Bahama, Bahamas - Freeport Container Port
• Cartagena, Colombia
• Ciénaga, Colombia — coal export port
• Colón — Panama
• Boca Grande, Venezuela — Iron ore transfer station

Pacific Ocean

• Valparaíso
• Manta — Ecuador
• Puerto Bolívar — Ecuador
• Port of Ensenada, Baja California
• Port of Lázaro Cárdenas — Mexico
• Manzanillo, Colima — Mexico
• Punta Colonet, Baja California

Proposed

• Posorja

Asia

Brunei

• Muara — Brunei's only deep-water port.

Malaysia

• Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia
• Johor Port — Malaysia

Cambodia

• Port of Sihanoukville

Japan

• Kashima — Container, dry and wet bulk and general cargo port
• Fukuyama — Multi-purpose and dry bulk port

Hong Kong

• Kwai Chung / Tsing Yi
• Tuen Mun

Pakistan

• Gwadar

China

• Shanghai
• Qingdao

India

• Dhamra Port
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai

Proposed

• Krishnapatnam
• Vizhinjam International Seaport, Trivandrum, Kerala
• Port of Dahej, Bharuch, Gujarat

Myanmar

• Thilawa Port
• Dawei Port

Republic of China

• Kaohsiung

Saudi Arabia

• Dammam, Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah Seaport, Saudi Arabia

Singapore

• Port of Singapore

Sri Lanka

• Colombo
• Hambantota

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai

Proposed

• Vizhinjam International Seaport
• Sonadia — Bangladesh (near Cox's Bazaar)
• Yangshan
• Kyaukphyu — Burma for import of oil to China.
• Dawei — Burma
• Van Phong Port

Europe

Nordic / Baltic

• Thule Air Base, Greenland — northernmost deep water port in the world
• Reyðarfjörður, eastern Iceland
• Narvik, northern Norway
• Gothenburg, (west coast of Sweden) — largest port in Scandinavia
• DenmarkAarhus, (post-Panamax, main port of Denmark)
• Gdańsk, (Baltimax, post-Panamax, main port of Poland)
• Norrköping, (east coast of Sweden)
• Södertälje, Stockholm
• Helsinki, (post-Panamax, main port of Finland)

North Sea / mainland

• JadeWeserPort, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony (oil, coal, chemicals.)
• IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands
• Rotterdam, South Holland (post-Panamax) — largest port in Europe
• Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium
• Antwerp, Belgium
• Dunkirk, northern France (different kinds of liquid and bulk handling.)
• Le Havre, northern France (oil, coal, chemicals, container. Draft up to 82 feet)
• Zeeland Seaports, Zeeland, ports of Vlissingen and Terneuzen

Iberia and Mediterranean

• Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
• Gijon, Asturias, Spain (draft up to 59 feet)
• Gioia Tauro, southern Italy
• Omišalj, Croatia (supertanker oil terminal)
• Port of Rijeka, Croatia
• Sines, Portugal

Great Britain

• Southampton, English Channel (post-Panamax, traditional liner port)
• Teesport, Middlesbrough, North Sea
• Port of Tyne, Newcastle, North Sea
• Felixstowe, North Sea (post-Panamax, 35% of UK container traffic)
• Barrow, Irish Sea
• Liverpool, Irish Sea (new post-Panamax container terminal expansion planned. Accommodates cruise ships of 345 m in length and 10 m draught)
• Port Talbot, Irish Sea
• Milford Haven, Irish Sea
• Invergordon, Moray Firth
• Hunterston Terminal, Firth of Clyde
• Hound point, Firth of Forth

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 - part of Hay Point, Queensland
• 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;
• 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
• Whyalla, SA — 65,000t ships
• Sheep Hill — Capesize - 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)
• Oakajee Port - under construction
• Port Hedland — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
• Cape Lambert upgrade 80mtpa to 180 mtpa
• 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
• List of marinas

External links

• E-ships.net port database.