# Penzance (GB PEN)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB PEN  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** English Channel; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Tide Gates)  
**GPS:** 50.1167, -5.5333

Penzance (GB PEN) has linked Cornwall with the Isles of Scilly for well over a century, and that lifeline still defines the harbour today rather than any commercial cargo trade. From the Wet Dock, Isles of Scilly Steamship Company vessels run year-round freight, joined from March to November by the Scillonian III passenger service; the new freighter Menawethan is replacing the Gry Maritha with greater capacity for chilled and frozen goods. The cargo is island supply — food, building materials and consumer goods — typically 12,000 to 14,000 tonnes a year, while a fleet of beam trawlers fishes out of the port. Container shipping, international customs work and general breakbulk are effectively absent. Forwarders with commercial freight in Cornwall use Falmouth or Plymouth, leaving Penzance to its Scilly traffic and fishing fleet.

## Transit Times & Routes

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

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