# Oporto (PT DOU)

**UN/LOCODE:** PT DOU  
**Country:** Portugal  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 41.1500, -8.6667

Porto's maritime trade once entered directly through the mouth of the Douro, but a shifting sandbank and rock-strewn channel made the bar notoriously dangerous, and cargo handling on the river was ordered to stop in 1942. What remains today is essentially a tourism waterway — river cruises and the port-wine heritage of the rabelo boats — rather than a working freight port. For forwarders, PT DOU therefore carries no independent commercial cargo role. Containers, bulk, breakbulk and Ro-Ro for the northern region move through Leixões, about five kilometres north, with Aveiro as a secondary option.

## Transit Times & Routes

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

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