Port of Funchal | |
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Location | |
Country | Portugal |
Location | Funchal, Madeira |
Coordinates | 32°38′33.5″N 16°54′58.7″W / 32.642639°N 16.916306°W |
UN/LOCODE | PTFNC[1] |
Details | |
Opened | 1762 |
Statistics | |
Website http://www.apram.pt/site/index.php/en/ |
The Port of Funchal is the port and harbour of Funchal and is frequently used as a stop-over by transatlantic ships, en route from Europe to the Caribbean, as it is the northernmost Atlantic island that lies in the path of the Westerlies.