# Pond Inlet (CA PDI)

**UN/LOCODE:** CA PDI  
**Country:** Canada  
**Water Body:** Northwest Passages; Arctic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 72.7500, -76.7500

At the northern tip of Baffin Island, overlooking Bylot Island and the entrance to Lancaster Sound, Pond Inlet is an Arctic Inuit hamlet rather than a commercial freight port. Its 2022 Community Harbour receives goods by annual sealift during the short ice-free window — typically late June to late October — with most shipments originating from the Port of Montreal. There are no liner container services, no customs clearance for international cargo and no conventional terminal operations. Shippers needing a commercial deep-water option in the region should look to Iqaluit's deep-sea port.

## Transit Times & Routes

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

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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/pond-inlet-port-ca-pdi](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/pond-inlet-port-ca-pdi)*

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