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A Panamax port is a deepwater port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project in 2016, this list will need to be significantly revised due to larger "post panamax" ships transiting Panama. Other lists are required for even bigger Valemax and Chinamax ships.^[1]

Africa

Mediterranean Sea

Djendjen (Jijel), Algeria
Tanger-Med, Morocco

Atlantic Ocean

(from North to South)

Nouadhibou, Mauritania — iron ore terminal.
Nouakchott, Mauritania — proposed railhead for phosphate mine.
Port Kamsar, Guinea — bauxite loading port, origin of Kamsarmax ship type.
Monrovia, Liberia — proposed deepening to 20m for 200,000t vessels.^[2]
Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
Tema, Ghana — built 1961
Cotonou — Benin
Lomé — Togo^[3]
Lekki Deep Sea Port, Nigeria Began operations in April 2023, it is currently the largest deep water port in Africa. Designed to welcome post-panamax category vessels.^[4]
Ibom Deep Sea Port, Nigeria — undergoing implementation ^[5]
Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal
- Iron ore Mbalam and Nabela - 300 000 tonnes
- Bauxite - future ^[6]
Owendo, Gabon — railhead
São Tomé e Príncipe - island transhipment port.
Lobito, Angola
Walvis Bay, Namibia — railhead
Saldanha Bay, South Africa ^{[citation needed]}

Proposed

(from North to South)

Bargny, Senegal^[7]
Matakong, Guinea — deepwater port for Simandou and Kalia iron ore
Tagrin Point, Sierra Leone — for iron ore
Dadia, Liberia - Liberty Corridor
San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire — for iron ore
Port Notel Ocean Terminal, Ibeno Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria
Ikot Akpatek, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria — proposed
Lolabé, Cameroon — iron ore export
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Santa Clara, Gabon — proposed deepwater port with railhead for Makokou iron ore.
Indienne, Congo^[8]
Barra do Dande, Angola (Bengo Province)
Shearwater Bay, Namibia — coal^[9] (30 km south of Luderitz)

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

(from North to South)

Mogadishu, Somalia
Kismayo, Somalia
Kilindini Harbour, Mombasa, Kenya^[10]
Mtwara, Tanzania
Nacala, Mozambique — railhead for Malawi
Richards Bay, South Africa
Ngqura, South Africa

Proposed

Americas

Canada

Arctic Ocean

Port of Churchill — terminal on Hudson Bay that handles grain, bulk commodities, general cargo, and tanker vessels.

Atlantic Ocean

Sept-Îles — iron ore terminal on the Saint Lawrence River.
Port Cartier — iron ore terminal on the Saint Lawrence River.
Quebec City — deepwater 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 deepwater wharf
Melford Terminal (proposed) — deepwater terminal on the Strait of Canso.
Port of Saint John — deepwater port in the Bay of Fundy.
Port of Halifax — most easterly North American full-service container port.
Sydney

Pacific Ocean

Port of Prince Rupert — deep sea port with direct rail connections to major North American cities.
Port Alberni — fjord-like channel that deep sea vessels and cruise ships can easily navigate.
Port of Vancouver — modern port of entry on the west coast of Canada.
Squamish Terminals — breakbulk terminal on the west coast of Canada specializing in the movement of forestry, steel, and project cargo.
Crofton — The main factor for its location is the depth of the water, unusual for the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Kitimat — year-round deep-sea shipping connects North America to the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Rim.^[12] According to the Transport Canada's Technical Review Process of Marine Terminal Systems and Transshipment Sites (TERMPOL) the passageway into the Port of Kitimat is "safely accessible by Panamax vessels, VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) VLCC's and Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCCs) up to 320,000 DWT.^[12] A strategic port in the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project.

Greenland

Arctic Ocean

Thule Air Base, Greenland — northernmost deepwater port in the world.^[13]

United States

Atlantic Ocean

Port of Boston
Port of New York and New Jersey, includes
- Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
- Port Jersey
Port of Philadelphia^[14]
Port of Wilmington
Port of Baltimore
Hampton Roads — complex includes naval and commercial facilities
- Port of Virginia
- Naval Station Norfolk
Port of Morehead City
Port of Charleston
Port of Savannah
Port of Jacksonville
Port Canaveral^[15]
Port Everglades
Port of Miami

Gulf of Mexico

Port Corpus Christi — fifth-largest port in the United States in total tonnage.^[16] Panamax class vessels are handled at the Port's Bulk Terminal.
Port of Tampa
Port of Mobile — only deepwater port in the state of Alabama
Port of New Orleans
Port of Beaumont — deepwater port located in Beaumont, Texas.
Port of Galveston — oldest port on the Gulf Coast, west of New Orleans.
Port of Houston — located in Houston, Texas, tenth-busiest port in world by tonnage.

Pacific Ocean

Port of Seattle
Port of Tacoma
Port Madison — sometimes called Port Madison Bay, a deepwater 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 — (aka Port of Eureka) the only deepwater port in California north of San Francisco Bay
Port of Richmond
Port of Stockton — California's farthest-inland deepwater port.
Port of Oakland — channel is fifty feet deep and eight hundred feet wide.
Port of Redwood City — resulting from dredging the mouth of Redwood Creek
Port of Hueneme — only deepwater port between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the only military deepwater 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 and the Caribbean

Atlantic Ocean

Buenos Aires — Argentina
Bahía Blanca — Argentina
Quequén — Argentina
Santos — Brazil
Port of Tubarão, Vitória — Brazil, 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
Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro — Brazil, iron ore export terminal now owned and operated by Vale (ex CVRD) in Sepetiba Bay
Port of Montevideo — Uruguay
Port of Paranaguá — Brazil, commodities
Port of Rio Grande — Brazil, commodities

Caribbean Sea

Barranquilla, Colombia
Bridgetown — dredging project started in 2002 now allows for some of the world's largest cruise ships to berth in Barbados.^[17]
Grand Bahama, Bahamas — Freeport Container Port
Cartagena, Colombia
Ciénaga, Colombia — coal export port
Colón — Panama
Boca Grande, Venezuela — iron ore transfer station
Port Lafito — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Port of the Americas (Port of Ponce) — capable of servicing post-Panamax vessels with a controlling depth of 50 feet (15 m).^[18]

Gulf of Mexico

Port of Mariel — Cuba (Neo-Panamax) ^[19]

Pacific Ocean

Buenaventura, Colombia
Valparaíso — Chile
Manta — Ecuador
Puerto Bolívar — Ecuador
Port of Ensenada, Baja California — Mexico
Port of Lázaro Cárdenas — Mexico
Manzanillo, Colima — Mexico

Proposed

Punta Colonet, Baja California^[20] — Mexico
Posorja^[21] — Ecuador

Asia

Bangladesh

Proposed

Matarbari Port

Brunei

Muara — Brunei's only deepwater port

Cambodia

Port of Sihanoukville

China

Hong Kong

India

Under construction

Proposed

Japan

Port of Yokohama — post Panamax multi-purpose port
Kashima — container, dry and wet bulk and general cargo port
Fukuyama — multi-purpose and dry bulk port

Malaysia

Port of Tanjung Pelepas
Johor Port
Melaka Gateway Deep Sea Port (planned)

Myanmar

Proposed

Kyaukphyu — for import of oil to China

Pakistan

Philippines

Taiwan

Kaohsiung

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Port of Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Laem Chabang (1991)

United Arab Emirates

Jebel Ali/Dubai

Vietnam

Cai Mep Thi Vai Port

Proposed

Van Phong Port

Europe

Nordic / Baltic

Reyðarfjörður, eastern Iceland
Narvik, northern Norway
Gothenburg, (west coast of Sweden) — largest port in Scandinavia
Aarhus, (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)
Port of Kokkola, (Capesize, mainly bulk)
Port of Pori
Tallinn, Estonia
Sillamäe, Estonia
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Port of Ventspils, Latvia
Freeport of Riga, Latvia

North Sea / mainland

JadeWeserPort, Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany (oil, coal, chemicals.)
Port of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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

Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Gijon, Asturias, Spain (draft up to 59 feet)
Gioia Tauro, southern Italy
Marseille-Fos Port, France
Omišalj, Croatia (supertanker oil terminal)
Port of Rijeka, Croatia
Port of Genoa, Italy
Port of Lisbon, Portugal
Sines, Portugal
Port of Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Port of Thessaloniki, Greece
Port of Koper, Slovenia (post-Panamax)
Port of Trieste, Italy (draft up to 18m/59 feet)

Great Britain

Southampton, English Channel (post-Panamax, traditional liner port)
Teesport, Middlesbrough, North Sea
Falmouth, Cornwall, Atlantic Ocean
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 under construction,^[23] opening to coincide with the widening of the Panama Canal. Accommodates cruise ships of 345 metres (1,132 ft) in length and 10 metres (33 ft) draught.
Port Talbot, Bristol Channel
Milford Haven, Irish Sea
Invergordon, Moray Firth
Hunterston Terminal, Firth of Clyde
Hound Point, Firth of Forth
London Gateway. Thurrock, Thames Estuary
Portland Port, Portland Harbour, English Channel

Ireland

Cork, deep water multi modal port, south coast of Ireland. Celtic Sea/Atlantic Ocean.
Aughinish, Ireland
Moneypoint, Ireland

Ukraine

Port of Odesa, Black Sea

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 Mitsubishi Alliance coal export terminal
Gladstone — coal
Brisbane — coal, containers
Newcastle — coal, wheat
Port Botany (Sydney) — containers
Port Kembla — coal, wheat, cars
Melbourne
Geelong
Portland, Victoria
Adelaide Outer Harbor — deepened to Post-Panamax in 2006
Port Giles
Port Bonython, Capesize — oil, LPG, diesel and proposed iron ore pending approval and construction of second jetty^[24]
Whyalla, South Australia — 65,000t ships in inner harbor, Capesize iron ore bulkers serviced in Spencer Gulf via transshipment
Port Lincoln — grain
Fremantle
Geraldton
Oakajee Port — under construction^[25]
Dampier — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
Cape Lambert^[26] upgrade 80 mtpa to 180 mtpa
Port Hedland — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
East Arm Wharf (Port of Darwin) — Panamax

New Zealand

Wellington

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

Other

Apra Harbor — deepwater port on the western side of Guam.

Maps

References

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[1] "U.S. Port Projects Spurred by Panama Canal Expansion". ImsInfo. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[2] Dow Jones morningstar.com ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "IOL: Cotonou — a city slowly swallowed by waves".

[4] "Nigeria's Deepest Sea Port". Lekki Port. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[5] "Ibom Deep Sea Port". Ibom Deep Sea Port. Retrieved 2019-05-19.

[6] ulyungi, patrick (June 25, 2021). "Contractor identified for Mbalam-Kribi Port railway in Cameroon". Constructionreview.

[7] "Erreur 404 - APIX - Promotion des Investissements et Grands Travaux". Investinsenegal.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[8] "Railpage".

[9] "Home". Railways Africa. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[10] Fayo, Galgallo (2013-08-28). "Mombasa port raises status with new berth - Business Daily". Businessdailyafrica.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[11] "Railpage".

[kitimat-12] The Private International Port of Kitimat (PDF), Kitimat: a Port City on the Move, Kitimat, British Columbia: District of Kitimat Development Services, 2005, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2013, retrieved 5 May 2014

[13] "Peterson Air Force Base - 821st Air Base Group". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

[14] "Dredging Works to Bring Post-Panamax Ships to US East Coast Port". MarineLink. August 7, 2012.

[15] Channel and Dock Statistics and Restrictions Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Port Canaveral Official Site. Retrieved on 2009-06-25.

[16] "(American Association of Port Authorities)" (PDF).

[17] "Barbados Port Inc: Cruise and Cargo Facilities". Archived from the original on September 3, 2010.

[18] "PortOfTheAmericas.com". Port Of The Americas. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-09-16.

[19] "MARIEL CONTAINER TERMINAL NEO-PANAMAX CHANNEL READY". TC Mariel. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[20] Railway Gazette International October 2008, 760

[21] "Posorja tendrá puerto moderno - Expreso.ec". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-12-19.

[hambantota-22] Sirimane, Shirajiv (2010-02-21). "Hambantota port, gateway to world". The Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-03-10.

[23] "Liverpool2 Construction Well Underway". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

[24] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[25] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[26] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2010-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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List of Panamax ports

Africa

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Proposed

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

Proposed

Americas

Canada

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Greenland

Arctic Ocean

United States

Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Ocean

Latin America and the Caribbean

Atlantic Ocean

Caribbean Sea

Gulf of Mexico

Pacific Ocean

Proposed

Asia

Bangladesh

Proposed

Brunei

Cambodia

China

Hong Kong

India

Under construction

Proposed

Japan

Malaysia

Myanmar

Proposed

Pakistan

Philippines

Taiwan

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

Proposed

Europe

Nordic / Baltic

North Sea / mainland

Iberia and Mediterranean

Great Britain

Ireland

Ukraine

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Other

Maps

See also

References

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