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Newark
UN/LOCODE USEWR · Scale rank #24 worldwide
- Container throughput 2024
- 8.70 m TEU
- Container port rank
- #24
- Cargo pier depth
- 11.0 m
- Largest vessel
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Overview
Newark is a medium seaport in United States – harbour type: river (basins). In 2024 it handled 8.70 m TEU, ranking No. 24 among the world’s container ports. Cargo pier depth up to 11.0 m; channel depth 7.9 m. Water body: North Atlantic Ocean.
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- North Atlantic Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
USEWR- WPI number
- 7810
- Coordinates
- 40.7000, -74.1500
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (basins)
- Shelter
- Good
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Floating cranes
- ✓ Lifts 100+ t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Moderate
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✓ 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
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Newark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | US | Large | 261 km |
| Boston | US | Large | 317 km |
| Brooklyn | US | Large | 12 km |
| New York City | US | Large | 11 km |
| Norfolk | US | Large | 467 km |
| Chester | US | Large | 139 km |
| Montreal |  CA | Large | 538 km |
| Philadelphia | US | Large | 118 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 2 - Atlantic Coast: Cape Cod MA to Sandy Hook NJ ↗