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Water Port Identifier Codes ]

MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODES

(DOD 4500.32-R, Volume 1, Appendix F Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures)

The water port codes are based on the geographic location of the port. The letters used in the first two positions of the three-position code are generally assigned in alphabetic order, following the coastline. (NOTE: CONUS ports use a number in the first position.) The first position of the code represents the major geographic area in which the port is located. The second position represents a sub-area within the major geographic area. The third position represents the specific port, port area or island within the sub-area.

CODE AREA DESIGNATION
1 UNITED STATES, EAST COAST
2 UNITED STATES, GULF COAST
3 UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA COAST
4 UNITED STATES, NORTHWEST COAST
A NORTH ATLANTIC
B PANAMA
C CARRIBEAN AREA
D MIDDLE AMERICAS, WEST COAST
E SOUTH AMERICA, WEST COAST
F SOUTH AMERICA, EAST COAST
G AZORES
H BRITISH ISLES
I NORTHERN EUROPE
K WEST MEDITTERANEAN
L EAST MEDITTERANEAN
M WEST AFRICA
N SOUTH AND EAST AFRICA
P PERSIAN GULF-RED SEA
Q INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGALEDESH, SRI LANKA, MYANMAR
R CHINA SEA
S PHILIPPINES
T CENTRAL PACIFIC ISLANDS
U BONIN AND RYUKU ISLANDS, KOREA, JAPAN
V AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND CORAL SEA
W SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
X HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC
Y NORTH PACIFIC AND NORTHWEST ARCTIC (INCLUDES ALASKA)
Z ANTARTICA

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