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Houston
UN/LOCODE USHOU · Scale rank #48 worldwide
- Container throughput 2024
- 4.14 m TEU
- Container port rank
- #48
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Largest vessel
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Overview
Houston is a large seaport in United States – harbour type: river (tide gates). In 2024 it handled 4.14 m TEU, ranking No. 48 among the world’s container ports. Cargo pier depth up to 7.9 m; channel depth 14.0 m. Water body: Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean.
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
USHOU- WPI number
- 9240
- Coordinates
- 29.7500, -95.2833
- Harbour size
- Large
- Harbour type
- river (tide gates)
- Shelter
- Good
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 50–100 t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Major
- Dry dock
- Medium
- Railway
- Medium
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ Salvage tugs
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Diesel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ✓ Tide: no
- ✓ Heavy swell: no
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
- ! Overhead limits: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Houston in the schedule data yet.
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam has no FTA with United States: MFN rates apply (if a WTO member).
United States market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loop Terminal | US | Large | 520 km |
| Galveston | US | Large | 68 km |
| New Orleans | US | Large | 505 km |
| Corpus Christi | US | Medium | 298 km |
| Beaumont | US | Medium | 121 km |
| Port Arthur | US | Medium | 127 km |
| Southwest Pass | US | Small | 468 km |
| Baton Rouge | US | Small | 402 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · U.S. Coast Pilot 5 - Gulf of Mexico Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands ↗