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.[1]
- Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
- Tema, Ghana — built 1961
- Cotonou — Benin
- Lomé — Togo[2]
- Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal
- Lolabé, Cameroon — iron ore — proposed Capesize with 22m draft or Chinamax with 24m draft.[3]
- 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
Indian Ocean
(from North to South)
Proposed
Americas
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
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
Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
- Port Corpus Christi — Port Corpus Christi is the 5th largest port in the United Sates in total tonnage[9]. 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. [10]
- 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).[11] 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
Latin America
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Proposed
Asia
Brunei
Malaysia
Cambodia
Japan
- Kashima — Container, dry and wet bulk and general cargo port
- Fukuyama — Multi-purpose and dry bulk port
Hong Kong
Pakistan
China
India
Proposed
Myanmar
Republic of China
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
United Arab Emirates
Proposed
Europe
Nordic / Baltic
- Thule Air Base, Greenland — northernmost deep water port in the world [16]
- 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
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 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[17]
- 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[18]
- Port Hedland — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
- Cape Lambert[19] upgrade 80mtpa to 180 mtpa
- Dampier — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
- East Arm Wharf (Port of Darwin) — Panamax
New Zealand
(Source: Recount, Taranaki District Council newsletter, page 5.)
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