# Great Lakes (US GRL)

**UN/LOCODE:** US GRL  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Lake Michigan; Great Lakes  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 42.3000, -87.8333

Despite appearing in port directories under US GRL, Great Lakes is not a commercial cargo facility but Naval Station Great Lakes, the United States Navy's sole recruit training centre on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Its public Great Lakes Marina serves recreational and sport craft, and the roughly 3.4 m channel rules out ocean-going vessels. Freight forwarders will find no container, bulk or breakbulk handling here. Commercial shipments for the region move through Milwaukee, the Chicago/Calumet port complex or the small bulk harbour at Waukegan.

## 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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