Galway is an ideal port location to service needs for client from Limerick to Buncrana and as far east as Athlone and further afield. The port is also  PREFERRED PETROLEUM PORT along with Dublin and Cork.

The most central port on the West Coast of Ireland – it is in the sheltered eastern corner of Galway Bay. Situated on the River Corrib, 53° 16’N 009° 03’W. British Admiralty Charts 1904, 1984, 3339.

More recently, the harbour has been used by a growing number of research vessels. Galway is now the preferred port for research vessels and this has been strengthened with the arrival of the Marine Institute to Galway.

Vessels up to 10,000 dwt can berth at Galway, which has a total quay length capable of allowing up to 6 vessels in the inner dock at any one time.

Galway Harbour is defined as the Port and Harbour of Galway and all the waters, with the bed and foreshore thereof, lying within an imaginary line drawn from Barna Cliff (53° 16’N 009° 03’W) to Kilcolgan Point. The port limits are shown on British Admiralty Chart 1904.