A Panamax port is a deep water 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.
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
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.
- Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
- Tema, Ghana — built 1961
- Cotonou — Benin
- Lomé — Togo
- 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.
- Ibom Deep Sea Port, Nigeria — undergoing implementation
- Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal
- Iron ore Mbalam and Nabela - 300 000 tonnes
- Bauxite - future
Proposed
(from North to South)
- Bargny, Senegal
- 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
- Barra do Dande, Angola (Bengo Province)
- Shearwater Bay, Namibia — coal (30 km south of Luderitz)
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
(from North to South)
Proposed
Americas
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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. 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. A strategic port in the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project.
Greenland
Arctic Ocean
- Thule Air Base, Greenland — northernmost deepwater port in the world.
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
- 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
Myanmar
Proposed
Pakistan
Philippines
Taiwan
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
Proposed
Europe
Nordic / Baltic
- Reyðarfjörður, eastern Iceland
- Narvik, northern Norway
- Karmsund, south-western Norway
- Gothenburg, (west coast of Sweden) — largest port in Scandinavia
- Aarhus, (post-Panamax, main port of Denmark)
- GdaÃ
Âsk, (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
- KlaipÃÂda, 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
- Gijón, Asturias, Spain (draft up to 59 feet)
- Gioia Tauro, southern Italy
- Marseille-Fos Port, France
- OmiÃ
¡alj, 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, opening to coincide with the widening of the Panama Canal. Accommodates cruise ships of in length and 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
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
- 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
- Dampier — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
- Cape Lambert 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.)
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