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Hudson River port district, located on the NE coast of the USA running from New York to Albany, runs from New York port limits to Albany 126 n.m. upriver. The river's terminals handle most types of cargoes.

Campbell River is a Customs port of entry. There is not an overall Port Authority, although there are a number of privately owned marine terminal facilities. The port area handles bulk cargoes such as coal and timber products and general cargo including machinery, wire rope, road building supplies, household goods and foodstuffs. Berthing facilities available for fishing vessels and pleasure craft. A cruise terminal opened 2009.

Imbituba is located in an open inlet in the southern Brazillian state of Santa Catarina, 373 n.m. from Santos and 307 n.m. from Rio Grande.

It is a private port which main exports include general, reefer cargo, bulk and wood pulp. Imports include general, liquid and bulk cargoes, paper and glass. The inner port area is protected by an 850 m. breakwater.

Kirkwall

Kirkwall port comprises of Kirkwall Pier and Hatston Terminal and is located on the north coast of Mainland (island) within Wide Firth and Shapinsay Harbour area. The port handles bulk, general, livestock, fuel oils and passengers.

Port Metro Vancouver is Canada's largest and most diversified port, located on Canada's Pacific coast just north of the border with the USA.

It is a safe, year-round, all-weather, naturally deep harbour that requires no dredging. Well-situated the port is North America's gateway to the world's most dynamic economies, offering post-Panamax capacity, deep-draft berths and connections to extensive dock rail facilities.

Bulk cargoes account for 70% of the port's throughput; coal, sulphur, potash grain, woodchips and petro-chemicals are typical commodities. Breakbulk forest products and steel account for 10% of total cargo volume, and containers 20% of the total throughput.

The port of Rio Grande is located in the Rio Grande do Sul State, in the SE of Brazil, 200 n.m. from the border with Uruguay. It has three commercially operational areas, Port Novo, Port Velho and Super Porto.

Haroysund Port is located on Indre Haroya Island and causeway leading from the mainland on the mid-west coast of Norway. It handles bulk, containers, Ro-Ro and general cargo and is under the jurisdiction of Molde Port Authority. There are several fishing and service vessels handling areas to the east of the main port area.

Whiffen Head, on the east side of Placentia Bay, SE Newfoundland in Canada, is a transshipment terminal, comprising of two berths, handling crude oil delivered from shuttle tankers from the Hibernia and Terra Nova Fields. Terminal owned by Newfoundland Transshipment Ltd and operated by International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT).

The port of Nelson in New Zealand is located at the northern end of South Island in Tasman Bay. The main cargoes handled are containers, fruit (apples and kiwi fruit), forest products and fish.

Located on the central northern coast of France in the English Channel, Cherbourg comprises Transatlantic Basin, Les Mielles Basin and the Commercial basin in the inner roadstead protected by breakwaters. This is a multi user facility with ferry links to the UK.

Kholmsk is located in Russia on the western coast of Sakhalin Island, in the Tartarsky Strait of the Japan Sea and at the head of Nevelskoy Bay.

The port is open for navigation all the year round, however due to its position, size and weather conditions in the area it cannot be used as a sheltering port. The port is divided into two parts; the Commercial Port and the Sakhalin Western Sea Port (SWSP). Cargo berths are situated in the Kovsh (basin) in the southern part of the Commercial Port. SWSP supports the offshore energy industry.

Alumar is located in Sao Marcos Bay, on the west bank of Sao Luis Island, Brazil; 5.5 n.m. south of the Port of Itaqui.

Antonina, located in the Brazilian Bay of Paranagua, consists of Barao de Teffe Terminal, Ponta do Felix Terminal and Matarazzo Quay. Port, road and rail connections.

New York consists of multipurpose port facilities and handles containers, dry and liquid bulk, general, breakbulk, specialised, Ro-Ro, vehicles, cruise and passengers.

The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest port complex on the East Coast USA. The Port Authority (The Port Authority of NY & NJ (PANYNJ)) oversees the operation of Port Jersey Marine Terminal, Brooklyn Piers, Red Hook Container Terminal, New York Container Terminal and Port Newark/Elizabeth Marine Terminal. Private operators oversee the operation of other facilities throughout the port district.

Kikuma, Japan, is a tanker port handling crude and petrochemicals, located in the Inland Sea on the NW coast of Shikoku facing Aki Nada.