Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
Depth 36 ft.
Containers:
Depth 32 ft.
Passengers:
Depth 35 ft.
Bulk:
Depth 36 ft.
Crude:
Depth 48 ft.
Products:
Depth 36 ft.
Fuel:
Most grades are available with 24 hours' notice, delivery is by barge.
Airport:
Portland Domestic, 3 km. Boston Logan Int'l, 160 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:
Floating Dock: length 797 ft., width 134 ft., depth 46 ft., lifting capacity 28,000 tons.
Medical:
Hospital available.
Portland
USPWM
Also see
General before first USA port
OVERVIEW:
A naturally sheltered, deep-water port handling dry and liquid bulk, passengers, Ro-Ro,
forest products and breakbulk cargo.
LOCATION:
The city is located on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Gulf of Maine, 100 miles NNE
of Boston and 280 miles NE of New York City.
CHARTS:
Digital: US3EC10M, US4ME03M, US5ME10M, US5PWMCB, US5PWMCC, US5PWMDC and US5PWMDD.
Paper: BA 2488 and 2490.
US 13288, 13290 and 13292.
Publications:
NP68, East Coast of the United States Pilot Vol 1.
PORT LIMITS:
Seaward limits are defined by lines connecting the following positions:
- 43° 38.35′ N, 070° 13.36′ W
- 43° 38.43′ N, 070° 12.58′ W, then following the coast of Cushing Island
- 43° 38.81′ N, 070° 12.19′ W
- 43° 39.14′ N, 070° 12.03′ W, then following the coast of Peaks Island
- 43° 39.73′ N, 070° 11.98′ W
- 43° 39.82′ N, 070° 12.55′ W, then following the…
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