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List of Panamax ports

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.imsinfo.com/industry-insights/u-s-port-projects-spurred-by-panama-canal-expansion/ |title=U.S. Port Projects Spurred by Panama Canal Expansion |publisher=ImsInfo |date=2016-01-20 |access-date=2018-09-16}}

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.[http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/201005100945DOWJONESDJONLINE000216_univ.xml Dow Jones] morningstar.com {{dead link|date=January 2024}}
  • Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana — built 1928
  • Tema, Ghana — built 1961
  • Cotonou — Benin
  • Lomé — Togo{{Cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20080125094751814C884890|title=IOL: Cotonou — a city slowly swallowed by waves}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lekkiport.com |title=Nigeria's Deepest Sea Port |publisher=Lekki Port |access-date=2018-09-16}}
  • Ibom Deep Sea Port, Nigeria — undergoing implementation {{cite web |url=http://www.idsp.ak.gov.ng |title=Ibom Deep Sea Port |website=Ibom Deep Sea Port |access-date=2019-05-19}}
  • Kribi, Cameroon — oil terminal
  • Iron ore Mbalam and Nabela - 300 000 tonnes
  • Bauxite - future {{Cite web|url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/news/contractor-identified-for-mbalam-kribi-port-railway-in-cameroon/|title=Contractor identified for Mbalam-Kribi Port railway in Cameroon|first=patrick|last=mulyungi|date=June 25, 2021|website=Constructionreview}}

== Proposed ==

(from North to South)

= 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.{{citation|url=http://www.kitimat.ca/assets/Business/PDFs/private-international-port-of-kitimat.pdf|title=The Private International Port of Kitimat|series=Kitimat: a Port City on the Move|year=2005|access-date=5 May 2014|publisher=District of Kitimat Development Services|location=Kitimat, British Columbia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516075844/http://www.kitimat.ca/assets/Business/PDFs/private-international-port-of-kitimat.pdf|archive-date=16 May 2013}} A strategic port in the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines project.

= Greenland =

== Arctic Ocean ==

  • Thule Air Base, Greenland — northernmost deepwater port in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.peterson.af.mil/units/821stairbase/index.asp |title=Peterson Air Force Base - 821st Air Base Group |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708070057/http://www.peterson.af.mil/units/821stairbase/index.asp |archive-date=2012-07-08 }}

= United States =

== Atlantic Ocean ==

== Gulf of Mexico ==

  • Port Corpus Christi — fifth-largest port in the United States in total tonnage.{{Cite web|url=http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Statistics/2008%20U%2ES%2E%20PORT%20RANKINGS%20BY%20CARGO%20TONNAGE.pdf|title=(American Association of Port Authorities)}} 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 ==

= Latin America and the Caribbean =

==Atlantic Ocean==

==Caribbean Sea==

==Gulf of Mexico==

  • Port of Mariel — Cuba (Neo-Panamax) {{cite web |title=MARIEL CONTAINER TERMINAL NEO-PANAMAX CHANNEL READY |url=https://www.tcmariel.cu/?p=3764&lang=en |website=TC Mariel |access-date=11 October 2023}}

==Pacific Ocean==

== Proposed ==

  • Punta Colonet, Baja CaliforniaRailway Gazette International October 2008, 760 — Mexico
  • Posorja{{cite web |url=http://www.expreso.ec/ediciones/2009/04/30/economia/posorja-tendra-puerto-moderno/Default.asp |title=Posorja tendrá puerto moderno - Expreso.ec |access-date=2009-12-19 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809040830/http://www.expreso.ec/ediciones/2009/04/30/economia/posorja-tendra-puerto-moderno/Default.asp |archive-date=2009-08-09 }} — Ecuador

Asia

=Bangladesh=

== Proposed ==

=Brunei=

=Cambodia=

=China=

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= 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=

  • Colombo
  • Hambantota{{cite news | first=Shirajiv | last=Sirimane | title=Hambantota port, gateway to world | date=2010-02-21 | publisher=The Sunday Observer | url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2010/02/21/fea20.asp | access-date=2010-03-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224055824/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/02/21/fea20.asp | archive-date=2010-02-24 | url-status=live }}

= Thailand =

=United Arab Emirates=

= Vietnam =

  • Cai Mep Thi Vai Port

== Proposed ==

Europe

= Nordic / Baltic =

= North Sea / mainland =

= Iberia and Mediterranean =

= 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,{{cite web |url=http://www.porttechnology.org/news/liverpool2_construction_well_underway|title=Liverpool2 Construction Well Underway|date=11 February 2015|access-date=26 May 2015}} opening to coincide with the widening of the Panama Canal. Accommodates cruise ships of {{convert|345|m|ft}} in length and {{convert|10|m}} 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{{Cite web |url=http://imagesignal.comsec.com.au/asxdata/20080130/pdf/00806905.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-31 |archive-date=2008-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410155138/http://imagesignal.comsec.com.au/asxdata/20080130/pdf/00806905.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • 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{{cite web |url=http://www.mml.net.au/irm/Company/ShowPage.aspx?CPID=1581&EID=90941890 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-04-05 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706123553/http://www.mml.net.au/irm/Company/ShowPage.aspx?CPID=1581&EID=90941890 |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}
  • Dampier — north west Western Australia — iron ore.
  • Cape Lambert{{Cite web |url=http://www.skynews.com.au/business/article.aspx?id=494389&articleID= |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-04 |archive-date=2020-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807175115/https://www.skynews.com.au/business/article.aspx?id=494389&articleID= |url-status=dead }} 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: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410155138/http://www.trc.govt.nz/council/recount/recount54.pdf Recount], Taranaki District Council newsletter, page 5.)

= Other =

Maps

  • [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/africa.pdf Africa]
  • [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/seasia.pdf South East Asia]

See also

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