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A 'deep water port' is any port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the approval of the Panama Canal expansion proposal in October, 2006, this list will need to be significantly revised when the expansion is completed.

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Africa

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

America

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Asia

Proposed

Europe

Oceania

Australia

Other

Africa

Atlantic Ocean

★ Nouakchott, Mauritania - proposed railhead for Phosphate mine.

★ Walvis Bay, Namibia - railhead

★ Owendo, Gabon - railhead

★ Santa Clara, Gabon - proposed deep water port with railhead for Makokou iron ore.

Indian Ocean

★ Nacala, Mozambique - railhead for Malawi

★ Richards Bay, South Africa

★ Ngqura, South Africa - under construction in 2007

America

Atlantic Ocean

★ Port of Halifax - the most easterly North American full-service container port.

★ Port of Beaumont - a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas.

★ Port of Galveston - the oldest port on the Gulf Coast, west of New Orleans.

★ Port of Mobile - the only deep-water port in the state of Alabama

★ Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal

★ Chandler, Quebec - large deep-water wharf.

★ Port of Boston

★ New York Harbor

★ Port of Savannah

Pacific Ocean

★ Crofton - The main factor for its location is the depth of the water, unusual for the east coast of Vancouver Island.

★ Port Madison - sometimes called Port Madison Bay, is a deep water bay located on Puget Sound.

★ Port of Oakland - the channel is thirty feet deep and eight hundred feet wide.

★ Port of Redwood City, California: resulting from dredging the mouth of Redwood Creek

★ Port Alberni - The Alberni Inlet is a fjord like channel that deep sea vessels and cruise ships can easily navigate.

★ Port of Vancouver - A modern port of entry on the west coast of Canada.

★ Port of Prince Rupert - A Deep Sea Port that has direct rail connection to major North American Cities like NewYork and Detroit.

★ Port of Portland - Three post-panamax terminals.

★ Port of San Diego - Home to the bulk of the United States Navy Pacific Carrier Fleet. Only the first nine miles of the bay are accessible to Panamax vessels.

★ Lázaro Cárdenas - Mexico

★ Puerto Bolívar - Ecuador

Asia

★ Muara - Brunei's only deep-water port.

★ Port of Haifa - has a natural deep water laguna

★ Mina' Zayid - commercial deep-water port that serves the city and Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

★ Port of Tanjung Pelepas - Malaysia

★ Johor Port - Malaysia

★ Gwadar port - Pakistan

★ Port of Karachi - Pakistan

★ Singapore

★ Shanghai

Proposed

★ Vizhinjam - India

★ Kyauk-phyu - Myanmar

★ Sonadia - Bangladesh

Europe

★ Port of Antwerp - located in Belgium.

★ Invergordon - Scotland

★ Port of Rotterdam - the largest port in Europe.

★ Omišalj - super tanker oil terminal on island Krk in Croatia

★ Wilhelmshaven - Germany (oil, coal, chemicals)

★ Port of Zeebrugge - located in Belgium.

★ Port of Liverpool - planed post-panamax container terminal expansion

Oceania

Australia

★ Port of Brisbane

★ Port Lincoln - deep-water port for exporting grain.

★ Port Stephens - shallow and sandy but contains sufficient deep water to accommodate large vessels.

★ Adelaide Outer Harbour deepened to Post-Panamax in 2006.

★ Whyalla, SA - 65,000t ships

★ Port Hedland - north west Western Australia - iron ore.

★ Portland, Victoria

★ Oakajee - proposed port near Geraldton, Western Australia

★ Port of Townsville - Military port, Mineral Ores, Fertilizer, Concentrates, Sugar and Motor Vehicles. Able to accommodate 4 Panamax vessels at a time.

★ Darwin East Arm - panamax

Other

★ Waitemata Harbour - New Zealand

★ Apra Harbor - is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam.