# Plymouth (GB PLY)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB PLY  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** English Channel; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 50.3667, -4.1500

Despite its naval fame, Plymouth (GB PLY) is not a container port: commercial trade runs on dry bulk, liquid bulk, breakbulk and Ro-Ro rather than boxes. On the English Channel coast of south-west England, the port divides between the Cattewater — managed by Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, with Victoria Wharf, Cattedown Wharves and the Corporation Wharf cement terminal — and the Millbay Docks, an Associated British Ports basin where Brittany Ferries sails daily to Roscoff and twice weekly to Santander. Imports include clean petroleum products, agribulks, timber and specialist aggregates; exports cover aggregates, china clay, grains, scrap metal and seasonal frozen fish. Cattewater handles over two million tonnes annually; Millbay adds roughly 80,000 tonnes of freight. In 2025, ABP completed the £23 million Freeport improvement programme at Millbay: thirty steel tubular piles strengthened the West Wharf with a 60-metre section rated for 100-tonne cranes, and channel-widening opened safe passages for larger hulls. Shippers needing liner container services should route via Southampton; a large dry dock is available on site.

## 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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