Port of Portland (Maine)

Port of Portland
Ocean Gateway International Marine Passenger Terminal, the largest passenger ship terminal in the Port of Portland
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Location
CountryUnited States
LocationPortland, Cumberland County, ME
Coordinates43°39′00″N 70°15′04″W / 43.65°N 70.251°W / 43.65; -70.251
UN/LOCODEUSPWM[1]
Details
No. of berths15[2]
No. of piers11[2]
Draft depthDepth 48 feet (15 m)[2]
Harbor MasterKevin J. Battle
Statistics
Annual container volume22,325 container units (2019)
Website
www.portlandharbor.org

The Port of Portland is a seaport located in Portland, Maine. It is the second-largest[3] tonnage seaport in New England as well as one of the largest oil ports on the East Coast (the second-largest prior to 2016[4]). It is the primary American port of call for Icelandic shipping company Eimskip.[5]

There are nine terminals in the port according to the Maine Port Authority, a statewide agency that oversees Maine's commercial marine facilities.[6] Additionally there are two passenger facilities, the Ocean Gateway International Marine Passenger Terminal and the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal.

The majority of Portland's non-passenger terminals are for petroleum products, especially the Portland–Montreal pipeline, which has gradually reduced its capacity since 2010.[7] Container shipping through Portland has increased considerably over that same period.[8]

100 cruise ships docked in Portland in 2019, making it Maine's second-largest cruise ship port behind Bar Harbor.[9] A regional ferry service, Casco Bay Lines, also operates out of the Port of Portland.

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (US) - United States". unece.org. UNECE. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Port of Portland, Maine, U.S.A." www.findaport.com. OneOcean Group Limited. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Waterborne Foreign Container Trade by U.S. Customs Ports 2000 – 2017 | MARAD". www.maritime.dot.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  4. ^ "Portland, Maine - Shipping Today & Yesterday Magazine". Shipping Today & Yesterday. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. ^ "Eimskip switching U.S. call from Norfolk to Portland, Maine". FreightWaves. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  6. ^ "Maine Port Authority | Portland". maine-port-authority. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  7. ^ "Canada's Pipeline Transportation System 2016 - Montreal Pipe Line Limited's Montreal Pipe Line". 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  8. ^ "Container Volume at Maine's Largest Port More Than Doubled Over Past Five Years". Transport Topics. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  9. ^ Trotter, Bill (2019-05-11). "Maine gets first of more than 270 cruise ship visits scheduled for 2019". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2020-12-11.

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