Buffington, United States
Port · US1BF · 41.64°, -87.41° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Stone & Glass
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 38
About the port
The World Port Index lists Buffington as a medium coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage and 8 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
PortWatch estimates 31 port calls at Buffington from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 3 a month, 3% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 100% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 37 thousand t imported and 5 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (6 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Buffington.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 4 calls, 3 thousand t in, 356 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Lake Michigan; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- berthing
- wharves
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14926, 14927
World Port Index entry Buffington (No. 4770), matched by name 0.6 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.