# Bucksport (US BUP)

**UN/LOCODE:** US BUP  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 44.5667, -68.7833

Petroleum products define what moves through Bucksport today: heating oil, gasoline and related fuels handled at the Sprague Energy terminal on the Penobscot River, operated jointly with Webber Tanks. Pipelines link the wharf to several steel storage tanks, and the deep channel admits the same class of vessels that call at nearby Searsport. The town's large paper mill, long the economic mainstay, closed in 2014 and was dismantled by 2019. Container and general cargo are not handled here. Hinterland access runs via US Route 1 and regional roads, with no active freight rail link. Since 2020 part of the former mill site has hosted a Maine Maritime Academy campus. Forwarders needing container or breakbulk capacity should look to Searsport (Mack Point), Portland or Eastport.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Los Angeles → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shanghai)
- [Los Angeles → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shenzhen)
- [Los Angeles → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-guangzhou)
- [Los Angeles → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-hong-kong)
- [Los Angeles → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-tokyo)
- [Los Angeles → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-busan)

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/bucksport-port-us-bup](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/bucksport-port-us-bup)*

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