Mooring Information

Mooring Rates For The 2023 Season

Residents:  $100.00 for residents of Portland and South Portland. 

Non Residents:  $200.00 for all non-residents.

Renewal deadline is March 15 each year. All renewals beginning March 16 will be assessed a higher fee. 

The Harbormaster’s Office does not rent transient moorings. All mooring permits issued are for the entire boating season. All moorings in Portland Harbor and its jurisdictions must be set and numbered by the Harbormaster, including tackle that may have been purchased with the sale of a vessel. Mooring permits are not transferable.

EelGrass  & Conservation Moorings

The Portland Harbor has implemented a Conservation Mooring policy to protect the Eelgrass beds as follows:

Beginning in the 2021 boating season, any new mooring to be installed in an Eelgrass bed must be a Conservation Mooring.

Beginning with the 2022 mooring season, all moorings currently in eelgrass will need to be converted or removed.

Portland Harbor Master Definition of a Conservation Mooring

To prevent and mitigate damage to essential marine habitat caused by mooring bottom tackle, the Portland Harbor Master requires that all moorings in designated Eelgrass Conservation Areas use approved conservation tackle. Mooring tackle appropriate for Portland Harbor shall be defined and approved by the Portland Harbor Master.

The Harbor Master for Portland Harbor defines an approved conservation mooring as any mooring that does not use bottom chain, heavy line, or other component or system that scours the bottom and that is, at the same time, appropriate for the vessel to withstand adverse mooring field conditions. Further, no mooring system may create an entanglement hazard at any tidal stage.

All non-approved moorings must be removed from eelgrass areas. No non-approved moorings may be installed in eelgrass areas. All new moorings in eelgrass conservation areas must be installed and inspected by an approved mooring inspector and documented, with current coordinates, in the mooring holder’s Online Mooring account. Moorings found in eelgrass conservation areas that are not so documented will be removed by order of the Harbor Master at the last known mooring owner’s expense, to include the cost of hauling and storage, and the mooring permit will be revoked.

Illustration with an example diagram of a conservation mooring attached to a boad at both low and high tide. It shows how the conservation mooring secures the boat without disrupting the eelgrass

The image below shows the extent of eelgrass conservation zones (outlined in red) in lower Casco Bay.

Satellite image of Eelgrass conservation zones Portland Harbor Maine

Authorized Mooring Inspectors

Atlantic Mooring Services, LLC

EMMANUEL KOURINOS (MANNY)

 

25 Lunt Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: 207-781-4737
Email: mooring@atlanticmooringservices.com
www.atlanticmooringservices.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Tom Simpson Diving Services, Inc.

TOM SIMPSON

 

5 Fairlawn Ave.
So.Portland, ME 04106
Phone: 207-799-6401
Cell # 207-329-2204
Email:  gbumpie@aol.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Eric Anderson

ERIC ANDERSON

 

Cliff Island, ME 04019
Phone: 207-766-9711
Cell # 207-252-6382
Email:  boathousebuilders@gmail.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings/CLIFF ISLAND

Diver Down Underwater Services

JOHN COUTURE

 

399 Presumpscot Street
Portland, ME 04103
Phone: 207-828-0444
Email:  lucie@diverdown.info
www.diverdown.info
Services: COMMERCIALMOORINGSONLY

Nereus Divers

ZAC PETTIT

 

PO Box 55
South Freeport, ME  04078

Phone: 207-751-0105
Email: nereusdivers@gmail.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Custom Float Services, Inc.

SCOTT DYER / KURT ECKHARDT

 

11 Wallace Ave.
So. Portland, ME 04106
Phone: 1-888-844-9666
Scott’s Cell#207-415-1118
Kurt’s Cell#207-252-3097
Zach’s Cell# 207-751-0105
Email:  keckhardt@customfloat.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Harriman Marine Services

DAN HARRIMAN

 

21 Kettle Cove Rd.
Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107
Phone: 207-831-3853
Phone: 207-799-6936
Cell # 207-318-9171
Email:  danharriman@hotmail.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Randlett Marine Services, LLC

DANA RANDLETT

 

1 Love Lane
Kittery, ME 03904
Phone: 207-232 9142
Email:  Randlett.Dana@gmail.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings

Casco Bay Mooring

STEWART HUNT

 

32 Osprey Lane
Yarmouth, ME 04096
Phone: 207-856-7800
Email:  Randlett.Dana@gmail.com
Services: Installs/Inspects all types of moorings