Bay City, United States
Port · USYBZ · 43.63°, -83.85° · Mineral Products, Wood & Wood Products, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 82
About the port
The World Port Index lists Bay City as a small river natural harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 6 m at the anchorage, 6 m at the cargo pier and 5 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a small drydock.
Bay City is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 78 port calls at Bay City from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 7 a month, 22% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 91%, tankers 8% and general cargo ships 1% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 225 thousand t imported and 254 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (16 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Bay City.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 7 calls, 18 thousand t in, 29 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river natural
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Lake Huron; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 6 m · cargo pier 6 m · oil terminal 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- not ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14867
World Port Index entry Bay City (No. 4400), matched by name 1.7 nm from PortWatch's position for this port. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.0%, exports 0.0%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.