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.

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Atlantic Ocean 1.2 Indian Ocean 2 Americas 2.1 Canada 2.1.1 Atlantic Ocean 2.1.2 Pacific Ocean 2.2 United States of America 2.2.1 Atlantic Ocean 2.2.2 Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico 2.2.3 Pacific Ocean 2.3 Central America, South America 3 Asia 3.1 Proposed 4 Europe 5 Oceania 5.1 Australia 5.2 New Zealand 5.3 Other 6 Links 7 References

[edit] Africa

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

(from North to South)

• Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
• Nouadhibou, Mauritania - iron ore terminal.
• Nouakchott, Mauritania - proposed railhead for Phosphate mine.
• Deep water port for Simandou‎ iron ore - proposed.
• Port Kamsar - bauxite loading port, origin of kamsarmax ship type.
• - Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana - built 1928
• Cotonou - Benin
• Lome - Togo ^[1]
• Kribi - oil terminal
• Grand Batanga - iron ore - proposed
• 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

[edit] Indian Ocean

(from North to South)

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

[edit] Americas

[edit] Canada

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

• Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia - the most easterly North American full-service container port.
• Port Cartier, Quebec - An iron ore terminal on the St Lawrence River.
• Sept-Iles, Quebec (Seven Islands) - An iron ore terminal on the St Lawrence River.
• Chandler, Quebec - large deep-water wharf.

[edit] Pacific Ocean

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

[edit] United States of America

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

• Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
• Port of Boston
• New York Harbor
• Port of Savannah
• Hampton Roads - huge port complex with naval and commercial facilities

[edit] Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico

• 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 Mobile - the only deep-water port in the state of Alabama
• Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico - capable of servicing Post-panamax vessels with a controlling depth of 50 feet [1]

[edit] Pacific Ocean

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

[edit] Central America, South America

• Bahía Blanca - Argentina
• Lázaro Cárdenas - Mexico
• Puerto Bolívar - Ecuador
• Boca Grande, Venezuela - Venezuela - Iron ore transfer station
• 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 Madiera - Brazil
• Punta 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
• Ciénaga, Colombia - coal export port ^[2]

[edit] Asia

• Muara - Brunei's only deep-water port.
• Port of Haifa - has a natural deep water laguna
• Mina' Zayid - commercial deep-water port that serves the city and Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
• Port of Tanjung Pelepas - Malaysia
• Johor Port - Malaysia
• Kakinada - India-Fertilizer,petroleum and electronics.
• Kashima - Container, dry and wet bulk and general cargo port
• Fukuyama - Multi-purpose and dry bulk port
• Singapore
• Karachi
• Port Qasim
• Shanghai
• Damman, Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah Seaport, Saudi Arabia
• Qingdao
• Hazira
• Gwadar

[edit] Proposed

• Vizhinjam - India
• Kakinada - India-Second
• Machilipatnam - India
• Chennai - India
• Kyaukphyu - Myanmar for import of oil to China.
• Thanlyin - Myanmar
• Sonadia - Bangladesh near Cox's Bazaar

[edit] Europe

Benelux

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

Scandinavia

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

United Kingdom

• Port of Felixstowe - (post-Panamax, 35% of UK container traffic)
• Port of Liverpool - (planned new post-Panamax container terminal expansion)
• Port of Southampton - (post-Panamax, traditional liner port)
• Port Talbot
• Redcar
• Invergordon
• Hunterston Terminal
• Hound point

Central Europe

• Omišalj - super tanker oil terminal on island Krk in Croatia
• Wilhelmshaven - Germany (oil, coal, chemicals)
• Port of Sines - located in Portugal.

[edit] Oceania

[edit] 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
• 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 ^[3]
• Whyalla, SA - 65,000t ships
• Port Lincoln - deep-water port for exporting grain and future iron ore. Barges take ore to deep water.
• Fremantle, Western Australia (Perth)
• Port Hedland - north west Western Australia - iron ore.
• Dampier - north west Western Australia - iron ore.
• East Arm Wharf (Port of Darwin) - Panamax

[edit] New Zealand

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

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

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Links

• E-ships.net port database.

[edit] References

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