Port of Portland (Maine)

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commercial port deep-water port seaport

The Port of Portland (Maine) is a major deep-water seaport and commercial shipping hub on the U.S. East Coast, supporting cargo, fishing, and cruise operations for the region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Port of Portland, Maine	7
Port of Portland (Maine) canonical	6
Port of Portland	2
Maine Port Authority	1
Portland, Maine customs district	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2705337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Portland (Maine)
Context triple: [Portland Harbor, hasFacility, Port of Portland (Maine)]

A. Port of Portland
The Port of Portland is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and transportation hub in Oregon that handles international maritime trade, cargo, and regional logistics.
B. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
C. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a commercial seaport in Lincolnshire, England, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling and maritime trade.
D. Port of Newport
The Port of Newport is a major Oregon coastal port and marina complex that supports commercial fishing, shipping, and recreational boating on the central Pacific coast.
E. Port of Brunswick
The Port of Brunswick is a major deepwater seaport on the southeastern coast of the United States, known especially as one of the nation’s leading gateways for automobile and Ro/Ro cargo imports and exports.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port of Portland (Maine)
Target entity description: The Port of Portland (Maine) is a major deep-water seaport and commercial shipping hub on the U.S. East Coast, supporting cargo, fishing, and cruise operations for the region.

A. Port of Portland
The Port of Portland is a major Pacific Northwest seaport and transportation hub in Oregon that handles international maritime trade, cargo, and regional logistics.
B. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major New England seaport and transportation hub handling cargo, cruise ships, and maritime commerce for the Boston metropolitan area.
C. Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a commercial seaport in Lincolnshire, England, serving as a regional hub for cargo handling and maritime trade.
D. Port of Newport
The Port of Newport is a major Oregon coastal port and marina complex that supports commercial fishing, shipping, and recreational boating on the central Pacific coast.
E. Port of Brunswick
The Port of Brunswick is a major deepwater seaport on the southeastern coast of the United States, known especially as one of the nation’s leading gateways for automobile and Ro/Ro cargo imports and exports.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial port ⓘ deep-water port ⓘ seaport ⓘ
connectedBy	pipeline infrastructure ⓘ railway ⓘ road network ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
governedBy	City of Portland, Maine ⓘ linked to: Portland, Maine
hasFacility	cold storage warehouses ⓘ cruise ship berths ⓘ fishing fleet berths ⓘ fuel storage tanks ⓘ
hasFunction	breakbulk cargo handling ⓘ bulk cargo handling ⓘ cargo handling ⓘ commercial shipping hub ⓘ container handling ⓘ cruise port ⓘ fishing port ⓘ petroleum import terminal ⓘ rail-served marine terminal ⓘ
hasHarbor	Portland Harbor ⓘ
hasNavigationChannel	deep-draft shipping channel ⓘ
hasTerminal	Gulf Oil terminals ⓘ International Marine Terminal ⓘ linked to: Portland International Marine Terminal Ocean Gateway Terminal ⓘ linked to: Portland International Marine Terminal Portland Fish Pier ⓘ Sprague Energy terminals ⓘ
isMajorPortFor	Maine economy ⓘ Northern New England ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumberland County, Maine ⓘ Maine ⓘ Portland, Maine ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Gulf of Maine ⓘ
operatedBy	City of Portland, Maine ⓘ linked to: Portland, Maine
partOf	U.S. East Coast ⓘ linked to: East Coast of the United States
serves	Canadian Maritimes ⓘ linked to: Maritime Provinces Maine ⓘ New England region ⓘ linked to: New England
subjectTo	U.S. Coast Guard jurisdiction ⓘ U.S. Customs and Border Protection jurisdiction ⓘ
supportsActivity	bulk commodities trade ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ container shipping ⓘ cruise tourism ⓘ petroleum imports ⓘ
waterway	Casco Bay ⓘ Fore River ⓘ linked to: Fore River (Maine)

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