# Woods Hole (US WHO)

**UN/LOCODE:** US WHO  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 41.5167, -70.6667

Two car-and-freight ferry berths, a single terminal road, and a cluster of research piers define the working waterfront at Woods Hole, at the western tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Steamship Authority runs the busiest year-round service to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket from here, and its newest vessels are built as freight boats first, each carrying up to ten loaded tractor-trailers to keep the islands supplied with food, building materials and general goods. For freight forwarders this is a domestic island-supply link rather than an international cargo gateway: there is no liner container service, no customs clearance for overseas trade, and no bulk handling. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution keeps its research fleet at adjacent docks, shaping the harbour's character without moving commercial cargo. Shippers needing genuine ocean freight, containers or cleared imports use nearby New Bedford for breakbulk and reefer cargo, or Boston as the closest larger multipurpose port.

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