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List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean

List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean

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This is a list of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean, excluding the ports of the Baltic Sea.

Atlantic Ocean

For inland ports on rivers, canals, and lakes, including the Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence Seaway, and Mississippi River, see inland port.

Country names follow ISO 3166 (which lists most dependent territories separately).

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See also

Notes

  • North America Port Container Traffic 2006 Port Ranking by TEUs.[11]
  • Canadian rankings from Transport Canada.[12]
  • World rankings from American Association of Port Authorities.[13]
  • U.S. rankings from American Association of Port Authorities.[14]
  • Local ports are included.[3]
  • Seasonal ports are included.[1]
  • Cruise ship ports are included.[2]
  • Fishing ports are included.[8]
  • Drydocks are noted.[5]
  • Some ports are part of the Dubai Ports World controversy.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Seasonal, will freeze over during the winter.
  2. [2]
    Primarily passenger cruise ship traffic;
  3. [3]
    A port largely limited to delivery of local supplies; usually served by passenger ferry as well.
  4. [4]
    Riethmuller, John (1980). Ports of the World (Thirty-third ed.). London: Benn Publications. ISBN 0-510-49156-1.
  5. [5]
    Port with a drydock, see The Times Atlas of the Oceans, edited by Alastair Couper, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1983.
  6. [6]
    Part of Dubai Ports World controversy
  7. [7]
    "Home". southjerseyport.com.
  8. [8]
    Significant fishing industry requiring canneries or other fish processing facilities; may require specialized wharfage.
  9. [9]
    http://www.portofnh.org/ portofnh.org
  10. [10]
    "Limits of Oceans and Seas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  11. [11]
    "North American Port Container Traffic - 2006" Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine - Port Industry Statistics - American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) - Updated May 14, 2007 - (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)
  12. [12]
    Marine Transportation Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Table 8-17," Canada's Marine Domestic &International Traffic Handled for CPA's and Other Ports, 2003–2004" Transportation in Canada 2005, Transport Canada; domestic and foreign in megatonnes.
  13. [13]
    World Port Rankings, 2004 Archived 2007-01-06 at the Wayback Machine (by tonnage, in MS Excel), American Association of Port Authorities, 1010 Duke St. Alexandria, Va.
  14. [14]
    Port rankings by tonnage from [AAPA website], accessed 2 Oct 2012
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