Port · United States of America

Des Moines USDSM

A vessel calling at Des Moines 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°35′N · 93°37′W · UN/LOCODE USDSM

NUSDSM41°35′N · 93°37′W
Fig. — DES MOINES plotted at 41°35′N 93°37′W.

What a vessel arranges at Des Moines

Read off the live directory · distances are great-circle, not sailing routes

Ship supply at Des Moines

No ship chandler has activated Des Moines yet. The nearest port where a ship chandler is activated is Chicago (USCHI), 498 km away by great circle. A requirement posted here — provisions, bonded stores and deck, engine and cabin stores, each line an IMPA-coded catalogue item or a specified manual item with its unit — still counts: it alerts the sourcing desk, which recruits for Des Moines in the order requirements arrive, and the first ship chandler to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.

Bunkering & fresh water at Des Moines

No bunker or water supplier has activated Des Moines yet. The nearest port where a bunker or water supplier is activated is Apapa (NGAPP, NG), 10,112 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 Des Moines in the order requirements arrive, and the first bunker or water supplier to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.

Garbage removal at Des Moines

No waste operator has activated Des Moines yet. The nearest port where a waste operator is activated is El Iskandariya (Alexandria) (EGALY, EG), 10,070 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 Des Moines in the order requirements arrive, and the first waste operator to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.

Port agency at Des Moines

No port agent has activated Des Moines yet. The nearest port where a port agent is activated is Rotterdam (NLRTM, NL), 6,981 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 Des Moines in the order requirements arrive, and the first port agent to activate the port takes its requests uncontested.

Position
41°35′N 93°37′W
UN/LOCODE
USDSM
Nearest activated port
Chicago · 498 km
Ports in United States of America
1,762 in the directory · 2 with suppliers

Supplier coverage at this port

0 verified suppliers activated · 0 of 4 port lines covered

Freight forwardingNot port-bound — every verified forwarder on the platform sees the request.Live
CharteringNot port-bound — tonnage and cargo meet by route; blind offers, round by round.Live
ConsultancyOpening soon — platform-priced, the expert sourced for you.Opening soon

We don’t have an activated supplier at Des Moines yet — we’re sourcing for it. Post your requirement and we’ll come back to you: every posting here alerts our team and sets the recruitment order for the port.

If you supply vessels at Des Moines, this is an open market: register as a supplier and activate it — the first supplier in gets it uncontested.

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Nearest ports

Great-circle distance from Des Moines (USDSM) through the UN/LOCODE directory — straight-line, not a sailing route.