NAVOPLAN

Portland, United States

52 Verified Intelligence Items

50Verified
Intelligence

35Official
Sources

92%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 45 31' .0012"
W 122 40' .0012"

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Harbor ProfileNorth Pacific Ocean
Size: Large

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EntranceTidal Range: 3.94 ft
Depth: 36.08 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Yes
Shelter: Excellent

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 5 items

⚠ Local Cautions 7 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 6 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 5 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 5 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 5 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 6 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 7 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 6 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

Portland approach intelligence includes pilotage, entrance channel depths, harbor communications, traffic density, anchoring restrictions, and operational cautions for arrival planning.

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Verified Intelligence

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Pilotage Requirement And Booking / Notice Windows

Operator Source · Verified Jun 30, 2026

Columbia River Bar Pilots: vessels engaged in foreign trade must employ a Columbia River Bar Pilot for the bar crossing; Columbia River Pilots (Portland) licensed for Columbia & Willamette (Astoria → Portland; Willamette to downtown seawall). Pilot booking guidance: inbound vessels requested to provide 48 hours; vessels must provide 24‑hour notice of arrival at the CR buoy; orders accepted primarily 0700–1600 hrs; sailings/harbor moves often require 3 hr notice.

96% Confidence

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Required Charts And Publications (Arrival Planning)

Official / Trusted Secondary Source · Verified Jun 30, 2026

NOAA charts covering Port of Portland / Willamette River: US Chart Nos. 18526, 18527, 18528; required publications: U.S. Coast Pilot (Coast Pilot 7), USCG Light List, tide tables (NOS) and tidal current tables (NOS).

95% Confidence

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Federal Navigation Project Depths (Columbia River Entrance → Portland)

Official Source · Verified Jun 30, 2026

Federal navigation project: 43 ft (Columbia River Datum) maintained from the mouth to Portland; Mouth channel sections: Channel A (north reach) 55 ft deep (main north reach), Channel A (south reach) 48 ft deep; allowable over‑depth dredging up to ~5 ft between cycles.

95% Confidence

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Navigation Updates And Notices (Operational Verification)

Official Source · Verified Jun 30, 2026

USCG District 13 publishes a weekly Local Notice to Mariners (LNM); Harbor Safety Plan explicitly requires use of LNM and US Notice to Mariners for updates to aids, channel depths, marine construction and bridge works.

94% Confidence

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Entrance Character / Navigational Hazards (Columbia River Bar & Lower River)

Operator / Official Source · Verified Jun 30, 2026

Columbia River Bar: exposed, potentially severe sea state; the lower Columbia and approach are subject to strong tidal currents, shifting shoals and rapidly changing conditions; Astoria→Portland channel is narrow, winding with >90 course changes and the longest straight stretch ≈2 nautical miles.

90% Confidence