# Ullapool (GB ULL)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB ULL  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 57.9000, -5.1500

Caledonian MacBrayne's MV Loch Seaforth defines day-to-day life at Ullapool, running the roll-on/roll-off lifeline ferry across The Minch to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis with passengers, cars and light commercial vehicles. Founded in 1788 as a British Fisheries Society herring station, the port keeps a working fishing role, with the pelagic fleet landing mackerel and herring seasonally for the home market. Container handling is not available here; general cargo moves only as accompanied freight aboard the ferry. The sole hinterland link is the A835 trunk road, the nearest railhead sitting about 95 km away at Inverness. Shippers needing containerised or customs-cleared loads are better served by Aberdeen or Grangemouth, while freight bound for the Outer Hebrides routes through Stornoway.

## 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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*Freight Academy — Seaport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ullapool-port-gb-ull](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/ullapool-port-gb-ull)*

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