Port guide · UN/LOCODE PA CHG
Chiriqui Grande, Panama
Panama · 8.95° N, 82.12° W · Also listed as Atlantic Terminal
The World Port Index classes Chiriqui Grande as an open roadstead on the Caribbean Sea. It records a channel depth of 7.9 m and a cargo pier depth of 11 m. Norfolk is 3,160 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 7.9 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 11 m
- Max vessel length
- 169.3 m
- From Norfolk
- 3,160 kmGreat-circle distance
- Nearest port guide
- Almirante50 km away
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel length of 169.3 m and a maximum draft of 10 m.
- Channel depth
- 7.9 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23.2 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 11 m
- Oil terminal depth
- 20.1 m
- Tidal range
- 0.6 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 169.3 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 27.2 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 10 m
- Offshore maximum vessel length
- 333 m
- Offshore maximum vessel draft
- 21 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
Pilotage is compulsory.
- Pilotage compulsory
- Yes
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Port security
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Fair
- Entrance restricted by tide
- Yes
- Entrance restricted by swell
- Yes
- Entrance restricted by ice
- No
- Overhead limits
- Yes
Cargo handling
Cargo facilities on record: container, breakbulk, solid bulk and liquid bulk. The heaviest lift class recorded is 50 to 100 tons.
- Container
- Yes
- Breakbulk
- Yes
- Solid bulk
- Yes
- Liquid bulk
- Yes
- Oil terminal
- Yes
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Lifts of 50 to 100 tons
- Yes
- Longshore labor
- No
- Railway
- Small
Services and supplies
- Repairs
- None
- Electrical repair
- No
- Fuel oil
- No
- Diesel oil
- No
- Potable water
- Yes
- Shore electricity
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- No
- Dirty ballast disposal
- No
US trade with Panama
- US exports, 2025
- $8.9BLed by mineral fuels and oils
- US imports, 2025
- $659.5MLed by special classification provisions
Other ports in Panama
The nearest is Almirante, 50 km away in a straight line.
- AlmiranteCargo pier 7.3 m, channel 9.4 m, container, ro-ro and breakbulkPA PAM
- Bahia de Las MinasCargo pier 6.4 m, channel 12.5 m, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkPA MNP
- BalboaCargo pier 16.3 m, channel 15.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkPA BLB
- Puerto ColonCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro and breakbulkPA ONX
- Puerto CristobalCargo pier 12.5 m, channel 12.5 m, container, ro-ro, breakbulk and bulkPA CTB
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.