The shipping platform

Location: The Port of Stockton, California, is situated on the Stockton Deepwater ship channel 120km E of the Golden Gate, San Francisco Bay. General overview: The port has berthing space for 17 vessels, 102,000m² of dockside transit sheds and ship side rail track, plus over 715,000m² of warehousing for both dry bulk and general cargoes, including steel. Each warehouse is rail served. Exports: Grain, coal, sulphur, coke, scrap steel, almonds, steel coils, beet pulp pellets, logs, bagged wheat seed, bagged rice and steel pipe. Imports: Fertilisers (dry and liquid), anhydrous ammonia, molasses, cement, machinery, steel beams, steel coils, sugar, and grain. Traffic figures: Approx 5,800,000t of cargo handled annually. Load line zone: North Pacific Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Mar 1 to June 30 and Nov 1 to Nov 30, Summer Jul 1 to Oct 31 and Dec 1 to Feb 28/29. Max size: Panamax max LOA 275m, up to max 60,000DWT fully loaded, (up to 80,000DWT partly loaded). Max airdraught 41m. Largest vessel handled: "El Pampero", 75,485DWT.