Portland Port Shipping Routes & Carriers

Shipping routes, carriers and real transit times for Portland Port, measured from containers tracked on ShipsGo.

Port code GBPTL United Kingdom Northern Europe UTC+01:00 / UTC+02:00 Congestion: Low
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50.5703° N, 2.4400° E
50.5703° N, 2.4400° E
Carriers
7
Calling in the last 6 months
Destinations
3
Ports sailed to
Origins
8
Ports sailing here
Direct sailings
19%
Loaded here, no transshipment

About Portland Port

Portland Port (GBPTL) is a port in United Kingdom. It lies at 50.5703° N, 2.4400° E, and local time there is UTC+01:00 or UTC+02:00, depending on daylight saving time.

In the last six months, containers of 7 carriers tracked on ShipsGo passed through Portland. From here they sailed to 3 ports, most often to Genoa and Gwangyang (Kwangyang). 19% of the containers loaded here sailed direct, the rest changed vessels on the way.

Shipping Routes and Transit Times from Portland

The ten routes with the most containers loaded at Portland and tracked on ShipsGo. Transit time runs from loading to discharge; the range shows the fastest and slowest carrier average on the route.

DestinationAvg. transitReliabilityRoutingCarriersCompare
Genoa40 days91.8% 100% via T/S1Compare services
Gwangyang (Kwangyang)12 days85.9% 100% direct2Compare services

Shipping Routes to Portland

Where containers discharged at Portland come from most often.

OriginAvg. transitReliabilityRoutingCarriersCompare
Izmit (Gebze)38 days97.4% 100% via T/S1Compare services

Shipping Lines Serving Portland Port

Share of containers loaded or discharged at Portland and tracked on ShipsGo in the last six months.

Portland Trade Regions

By share of containers tracked on ShipsGo.

Cargo from Portland goes to

  1. Southern Europe 51.9%
  2. Eastern Asia 48.1%

Cargo to Portland comes from

  1. Western Asia 65.5%
  2. South-Eastern Asia 31.0%

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Ports Near Portland

Portland Port FAQ

Portland Port in United Kingdom is listed under the port code GBPTL on ShipsGo.

Between April 2026 and October 2026, containers of 7 carriers tracked on ShipsGo were loaded or discharged at Portland. The largest were Maersk, HYUNDAI MM and SM LINE.

Between April 2026 and October 2026, containers tracked on ShipsGo took 40 days on average from Portland to Genoa. All of them changed vessels at least once on the way.

The routes with the most containers tracked on ShipsGo from Portland were to Genoa and Gwangyang (Kwangyang).

Portland uses Europe/Paris time, UTC+01:00 or UTC+02:00, depending on daylight saving time.

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How These Figures Are Calculated

Routes, transit times and carrier shares come from containers loaded or discharged at Portland that started being tracked on ShipsGo between 19 April 2026 and 19 October 2026 and have since been discharged. Transit time runs from loading at the origin port to discharge at the destination. A route is shown only when enough containers were tracked on it for a meaningful average, and volumes are shown as shares rather than counts. The congestion level is refreshed every day. Route figures updated 19 October 2026.