List of Panamax ports
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
- Djendjen, Algeria
- Tanger-Med, Morocco
Atlantic Ocean
- 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
- Owendo, Gabon — railhead
- - island transhipment port.
- Lobito, Angola
- Walvis Bay, Namibia — railhead
- Saldanha Bay, South Africa
Proposed
- 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
- Shearwater Bay, Namibia — coal
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Kismayo, Somalia
- Kilindini Harbour, Mombasa, Kenya
- Mtwara, Tanzania
- Nacala, Mozambique — railhead for Malawi
- Richards Bay, South Africa
- Ngqura, South Africa
Proposed
- Garacad, Somalia
- Lamu Port, Lamu, Kenya
- Bagamoyo Port, Tanzania
- Pangani, Tanzania
- Pemba, Mozambique
- Technobanine Point, Mozambique
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 — 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. According to the Transport Canada's Technical Review Process of Marine Terminal Systems and Transshipment Sites the passageway into the Port of Kitimat is "safely accessible by Panamax vessels, VLCC VLCC's and Ultra Large Crude Carriers 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
- Port of Boston
- Port of New York and New Jersey, includes
- * Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
- * Port Jersey
- Port of Philadelphia
- 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
- Port Everglades
- Port of Miami
Gulf of Mexico
- Port Corpus Christi — fifth-largest port in the United States in total tonnage. 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 — 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 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 in Sepetiba Bay
- Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro — Brazil, iron ore export terminal now owned and operated by Vale 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.
- 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.
Gulf of Mexico
- Port of Mariel — Cuba
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 — Mexico
- Posorja — Ecuador
Asia
Bangladesh
Proposed
Brunei
Cambodia
China
- Anqing
- Beihai
- Caofeidian
- Dalian
- Dandong
- Dongguan
- Fangchenggang
- Foshan
- Fuzhou
- Guangzhou
- Haikou
- Huanghua
- Huizhou
- Huludao
- Humen
- Jiangyin
- Jiaxing
- Jingtang
- Jinzhou
- Lianyungang
- Lianyungang
- Longkou
- Luzhou
- Macun
- Maoming
- Meizhou
- Nanjing
- Nantong
- New Seaport
- Ningbo-Zhoushan
- Qingdao
- Qinhuangdao
- Qinzhou
- Quanzhou
- Rizhao
- Shanghai
- Shantou
- Shenzhen
- South Port
- Suzhou
- Taizhou
- Tianjin
- Weihai
- Wenzhou
- Wuhan
- Xiamen
- Xiuying
- Yangjiang
- Yangpu
- Yangshan
- Yangzhou
- Yantai
- Yantian
- Yingkou
- Yueyang
- Zhangzhou
- Zhanjiang
- Zhenjiang
- Zhongshan
- Zhuhai
Hong Kong
India
- Cochin Port, Kochi
- Dhamra Port
- Gangavaram Port
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai
- Kakinada Port
- Krishnapatnam Port, Krishnapatnam
- Vizhinjam International Seaport Thiruvananthapuram
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
Myanmar
Proposed
- Kyaukphyu — for import of oil to China
Pakistan
Philippines
- Port of Manila
- Batangas International Port
- Port of Subic
- Mabini Bulk Grains Terminal
Taiwan
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
- Cai Mep Thi Vai Port
Proposed
Europe
Nordic / Baltic
- Reyðarfjörður, eastern Iceland
- Narvik, northern Norway
- Karmsund, south-western Norway
- Gothenburg, — largest port in Scandinavia
- Aarhus,
- Gdańsk,
- Norrköping,
- Södertälje, Stockholm
- Helsinki,
- Port of Kokkola,
- 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
- Port of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands
- Rotterdam, South Holland — largest port in Europe
- Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Dunkirk, northern France
- Le Havre, northern France
- Zeeland Seaports, Zeeland, ports of Vlissingen and Terneuzen
Iberia and Mediterranean
- Algeciras, Andalusia, Spain
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- Gijon, Asturias, Spain
- Gioia Tauro, southern Italy
- Marseille-Fos Port, France
- Omišalj, Croatia
- 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
- Port of Trieste, Italy
Great Britain
- Southampton, English Channel
- Teesport, Middlesbrough, North Sea
- Falmouth, Cornwall, Atlantic Ocean
- Port of Tyne, Newcastle, North Sea
- Felixstowe, North Sea
- 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
- Port of Odesa, Black Sea
Oceania
Australia
- 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 — Panamax
New Zealand
Wellington- Ports of Auckland, Auckland
- Lyttelton
- Marsden Point, Whangārei
- Port Taranaki, New Plymouth
- Port Chalmers, Dunedin
- Tauranga
Other
- Apra Harbor — deepwater port on the western side of Guam.