Port · United States of America
A vessel calling at Chicago can post its requirement here — provisions, stores, bunkers, fresh water, waste landing, agency — and receive sealed bids from verified suppliers activated at this port. Suppliers never see the vessel’s name until the business is awarded.
41°53′N · 87°38′W · UN/LOCODE USCHI
What a vessel arranges at Chicago
Read off the live directory · distances are great-circle, not sailing routes
1 verified ship chandler has activated ship supply at Chicago. Post the requirement — provisions, bonded stores and deck, engine and cabin stores, each line an IMPA-coded catalogue item or a specified manual item with its unit — with the vessel's ETA and payment terms, and it prices it sealed. You compare the bid line by line; the supplier never sees the vessel's name until you award.
No bunker or water supplier has activated Chicago yet. The nearest port where a bunker or water supplier is activated is Apapa (NGAPP, NG), 9,614 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — bunkers by grade and fresh water, in tonnes or cubic metres, normalised so the offers compare — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Chicago in the order requirements arrive, and the first bunker or water supplier to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No waste operator has activated Chicago yet. The nearest port where a waste operator is activated is El Iskandariya (Alexandria) (EGALY, EG), 9,682 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — MARPOL waste landing by category and volume, priced and documented against the call — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Chicago in the order requirements arrive, and the first waste operator to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
No port agent has activated Chicago yet. The nearest port where a port agent is activated is Rotterdam (NLRTM, NL), 6,610 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — the agency scope for the call — clearance, husbandry, crew transport, cash to master — quoted on the same defined job — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Chicago in the order requirements arrive, and the first port agent to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.
Supplier coverage at this port
1 verified supplier activated · 1 of 4 port lines covered
Nearest ports
Great-circle distance from Chicago (USCHI) through the UN/LOCODE directory — straight-line, not a sailing route.
