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US Port Guides
Comprehensive port guides for 28 major US ports — VTS channels, pilotage requirements, terminal information, and port authority contacts for America's busiest seaports.
Caribbean
1 port guideEast Coast
10 port guidesContainer/bulk/liquid/cruise port
Guide →Container/coal/dry bulk/RoRo port
Guide →Container/dry bulk port
Guide →Container/dry bulk/RoRo port
Guide →RoRo/autos/dry bulk/container port
Guide →Container/cruise port
Guide →Cruise/petroleum/container port
Guide →RoRo/autos/container port
Guide →Container/breakbulk/autos/fruit port
Guide →Container/cruise/petroleum/bulk port
Guide →Gulf Coast
8 port guidesContainer/petrochemical/bulk/breakbulk port
Guide →Container/dry bulk/general/cruise port
Guide →Dry bulk/grain/petroleum/chemicals port
Guide →Crude oil/petroleum/dry bulk port
Guide →Military/dry bulk/breakbulk/petroleum port
Guide →Container/dry bulk/coal/general port
Guide →Dry bulk/petroleum/cruise/container port
Guide →Petroleum/dry bulk/general port
Guide →West Coast
9 port guidesContainer/dry bulk/liquid bulk/cruise port
Guide →Container/liquid bulk/dry bulk port
Guide →Container/cruise/bulk port
Guide →Container/bulk/RoRo port
Guide →Container port
Guide →Container/general/domestic port
Guide →General/dry bulk/petroleum/domestic port
Guide →Dry bulk/grain/autos/breakbulk port
Guide →Crude oil (Trans-Alaska Pipeline marine terminal) port
Guide →SOUTH ASIA PORTS
South Asia Port Guides
Comprehensive port guides for 35 major ports across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives — pilotage, VTS, channels, authority contacts, and more.
Bangladesh
11 port guidesHandles ~90% of Bangladesh's international trade
Guide →2nd-largest Bangladesh seaport
Guide →Bangladesh's 3rd seaport, inaugurated 2016
Guide →BIWTA river port on Rupsa / Bhairab River
Guide →Major BIWTA river port on Kirtankhola River
Guide →Major jute / textile river port
Guide →One of the world's largest river passenger terminals
Guide →First inland container river port in Bangladesh (opened 2013)
Guide →Primarily fishing and tourism port
Guide →Former site of Mongla Port (1950–1953)
Guide →Major BIWTA river port
Guide →India
15 port guidesBusiest container port in India
Guide →69 anchorage points
Guide →Largest Indian port by cargo tonnage
Guide →Handled 150.41 Mt in FY2024-25
Guide →India's only riverine major port
Guide →Subsidiary dock of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
Guide →India's largest east-coast port by volume
Guide →India's first container transshipment port
Guide →Near East-West sea route
Guide →27 berths across 3 docks
Guide →India's only corporatized major port
Guide →Only major port in Karnataka; 7th largest in India
Guide →Natural deep harbour at Goa
Guide →India's largest commercial/private port (Adani APSEZ)
Guide →Gateway to Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Guide →Pakistan
3 port guidesHandles ~60% of Pakistan's cargo (~25 Mt/yr)
Guide →2nd-busiest Pakistan port (~17 Mt/yr)
Guide →CPEC / Belt & Road Initiative flagship port
Guide →Sri Lanka
4 port guidesTop global transshipment hub; busiest port in Sri Lanka
Guide →~10 nm from E-W shipping lane
Guide →Sri Lanka's oldest port
Guide →One of the world's largest natural harbours (Koddiyar Bay)
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