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Ports in the United States

By the NaviBoss team · Updated 8 November 2026

NaviBoss has port guides for 204 ports in the United States, 158 of them with the pilot boarding place on the chart. Its coast lies in NAVAREA IV, NAVAREA XII and NAVAREA XVII, buoyage follows IALA region B and ships are inspected under the US Coast Guard.

Port guides204158 with a pilot boarding place

NAVAREAIV · XII · XVIIdepending on the coast

IALA regionBred to starboard entering

Local timeUTC−10 · UTC−9 · UTC−8 · UTC−6 · UTC−5 · UTC−4summer time applies

Port State ControlUS Coast Guardinspection regime

Deepest berth27.6 mLOOP Terminal

All 204 ports in the United States

Each name opens its port guide: where the pilot boards, local time and summer time, water density, load line zone, the maximum draft per terminal, reporting before arrival and inspections.

Port	UN/LOCODE	Pilot	Deepest berth	Warnings area
Akutan	USKQA	Yes	8.8 m	NAVAREA XII
Alameda	USNGZ	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Albany	USALB	Yes	9.7 m	inland
Alexandria	USAXR	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Alpena	USAPN	—	—	inland
Anacortes	USOTS	Yes	13.4 m	NAVAREA XII
Antioch	USANZ	—	—	NAVAREA XII
Apalachicola	USAAF	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Ashtabula	USASF	—	7.9 m	inland
Astoria	USAST	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Baltimore	USBAL	Yes	14.5 m	NAVAREA IV
Barber's Point Harbor	USNAX	Yes	17.7 m	NAVAREA XII
Bath	USBTH	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Beaumont	USBPT	Yes	12.9 m	NAVAREA IV
Bellingham	USBLI	Yes	12.8 m	NAVAREA XII
Benicia	USBNC	Yes	12.2 m	NAVAREA XII
Boston	USBOS	Yes	11.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Brownsville	USBRO	Yes	12.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Brunswick	USSSI	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Bucksport	USBUP	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Buffalo	USBUF	—	—	inland
Burns Harbor	USBNB	Yes	—	inland
Camden	USCDE	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Cameron LNG Terminal	USCMU	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Charleston	USCHS	—	13.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Charlevoix	USCSX	—	6.2 m	inland
Cheboygan	USCHG	—	6.2 m	inland
Cherry Point	USCP4	Yes	16.8 m	NAVAREA XII
Chesapeake	USUFG	Yes	12.8 m	NAVAREA IV
Chicago	USCHI	Yes	8.2 m	inland
Clayton	USCLY	—	—	inland
Cleveland	USCLE	Yes	8.0 m	inland
Coeymans	USOYF	—	9.1 m	inland
Cold Bay	USCDB	Yes	7.0 m	NAVAREA XII
Conneaut	USCDY	Yes	—	inland
Convent	USCEN	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Coos Bay	USCOB	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Cordova	USCDV	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Corpus Christi	USCRP	Yes	15.2 m	NAVAREA IV
Cove Point	USCP6	Yes	11.3 m	NAVAREA IV
Delaware City	USDCI	Yes	9.3 m	NAVAREA IV
Detroit	USDET	Yes	—	inland
Dillingham	USDLG	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Don Young Port of Alaska	USANC	Yes	10.7 m	NAVAREA XII
Drift River Marine Terminal	USDRF	Yes	18.2 m	NAVAREA XII
Drummond Island	USDRE	—	—	inland
Duluth-Superior	USDLH	Yes	8.8 m	inland
Dutch Harbor	USDUT	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Eastport	USEPM	Yes	11.9 m	NAVAREA IV
El Segundo Terminal	USELS	Yes	17.1 m	NAVAREA XII
Erie	USERI	Yes	—	inland
Escanaba	USESC	Yes	—	inland
Eureka	USEKA	Yes	10.6 m	NAVAREA XII
Everett	USPAE	Yes	16.6 m	NAVAREA XII
Fairport Harbor	USFPT	—	5.9 m	inland
Fall River	USFAV	Yes	11.4 m	NAVAREA IV
Fernandina	USFEB	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Fort Pierce	USFPR	Yes	8.5 m	NAVAREA IV
Galveston	USGLS	Yes	12.1 m	NAVAREA IV
Gary	USGYY	—	—	inland
Gloucester	USGLO	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Grays Harbor	USGHR	Yes	11.9 m	NAVAREA XII
Greater Baton Rouge	USBTR	Yes	14.3 m	inland
Green Bay	USGRB	Yes	—	inland
Gulfport	USGPT	Yes	11.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Haines	USHNS	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Hawk Inlet	USHWI	—	10.0 m	NAVAREA XII
Hilo	USITO	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Holland Harbor	USHLM	—	—	inland
Homer	USHOM	Yes	10.3 m	NAVAREA XII
Honolulu	USHNL	Yes	11.3 m	NAVAREA XII
Hoonah	USHNH	—	—	NAVAREA XII
Hopewell	USHPW	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Houston	USHOU	Yes	13.7 m	NAVAREA IV
Hueneme	USNTD	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Huron	USHUB	Yes	—	inland
Indiana Harbor IN	USIDI	—	—	inland
Jacksonville	USJAX	Yes	13.1 m	NAVAREA IV
Juneau	USJNU	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Kahului	USOGG	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Kailua Kona	USKHH	—	—	NAVAREA XII
Kake	USKAE	Yes	5.2 m	NAVAREA XII
Kalama	USKAM	Yes	12.4 m	NAVAREA XII
Kaunakakai	USKUA	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Kawaihae	USKWH	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Kenai	USENA	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Ketchikan	USKTN	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Key West	USEYW	Yes	9.7 m	NAVAREA IV
King Cove	USKVC	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Klawock	USKLW	Yes	11.2 m	NAVAREA XII
Kodiak	USADQ	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Kotzebue	USOTZ	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Lahaina	USLHN	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Lake Charles	USLCH	Yes	12.2 m	NAVAREA IV
Long Beach	USLGB	Yes	22.1 m	NAVAREA XII
Longview	USLOG	Yes	13.1 m	NAVAREA XII
LOOP Terminal	USLO9	—	27.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Lorain	USLOR	Yes	—	inland
Los Angeles	USLAX	Yes	15.0 m	NAVAREA XII
Manistee	USMBL	Yes	7.0 m	inland
Manitowoc	USMTW	—	—	inland
Marcus Hook	USMAH	Yes	13.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Marquette	USMQT	Yes	8.7 m	inland
Memphis	USMEM	—	—	inland
Menominee/Marinette	USMNM	—	—	inland
Metlakatla	USMTM	Yes	2.3 m	NAVAREA XII
Miami	USMIA	Yes	13.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Milwaukee	USMKE	Yes	8.1 m	inland
Mobile	USMOB	Yes	13.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Monroe	USMOI	Yes	—	inland
Morehead City	USMRH	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Morgan City	USLMO	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Muskegon	USMKG	—	8.2 m	inland
Muskogee	USMKO	—	—	inland
Naknek	USNNK	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Nawiliwili	USNIJ	Yes	9.6 m	NAVAREA XII
New Haven	USHVN	Yes	11.0 m	NAVAREA IV
New London	USGON	Yes	10.3 m	NAVAREA IV
New Orleans	USMSY	Yes	14.0 m	NAVAREA IV
New York & New Jersey	USNYC	Yes	14.8 m	NAVAREA IV
Newport	USNPO	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Newport	USNPT	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Nikiski	USNIK	Yes	12.6 m	NAVAREA XII
Northport	USNQP	—	5.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Oakland	USOAK	Yes	14.6 m	NAVAREA XII
Ogdensburg	USOGS	Yes	—	inland
Olympia	USOLM	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Orange	USORG	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Oswego	USOSW	Yes	7.8 m	inland
Palm Beach	USPAB	Yes	8.5 m	NAVAREA IV
Panama City	USPFN	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Pascagoula	USPGL	Yes	12.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Paulsboro	USPAU	Yes	12.4 m	NAVAREA IV
Pearl Harbor	USPEA	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Pelican	USPEC	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Pennsauken	USPPS	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Pensacola	USPNS	Yes	9.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Petersburg	USPSG	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Philadelphia	USPHL	Yes	11.7 m	NAVAREA IV
Piney Point	USPYP	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Pittsburg	USPBG	Yes	10.1 m	NAVAREA XII
Plaquemines	USPLQ	Yes	15.3 m	NAVAREA IV
Point Comfort	USPCR	Yes	10.0 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Allen	USPLL	Yes	9.8 m	inland
Port Angeles	USCLM	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Port Arthur	USPOA	Yes	12.4 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Canaveral	USPCV	Yes	13.1 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Chester Harbor	USUXZ	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Port Everglades	USPEF	Yes	12.1 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Fourchon	USFOC	—	11.6 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Freeport	USFPO	Yes	12.8 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Huron	USPHN	—	—	inland
Port Isabel	USPIS	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Port Jefferson	USPTJ	—	10.7 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Lavaca	USPLV	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Port MacKenzie	USPMV	—	—	NAVAREA XII
Port Manatee	USPME	—	10.2 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Neches	USPON	Yes	12.2 m	NAVAREA IV
Port of Calcite	USMI3	—	—	inland
Port of Davisville	USDVV	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Port of South Louisiana	USLU8	Yes	14.3 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Royal	USPRJ	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Port San Luis	USPSL	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Port Tampa Bay	USTPA	Yes	13.4 m	NAVAREA IV
Port Townsend	USTWD	—	3.4 m	NAVAREA XII
Portland	USPWM	Yes	15.8 m	NAVAREA IV
Portland	USPDX	Yes	12.9 m	inland
Providence	USPVD	Yes	11.9 m	NAVAREA IV
Red Dog	USRDB	Yes	—	NAVAREA XVII
Redwood City	USRWC	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Richmond	USRIC	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Riverhead Terminal	USRHD	Yes	18.3 m	NAVAREA IV
Rockland	USRKD	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Sabine Pass	USNSS	Yes	12.2 m	NAVAREA IV
Sacramento	USSAC	Yes	—	inland
San Diego	USSAN	Yes	11.0 m	NAVAREA XII
San Francisco	USSFO	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Sand Point	USSDP	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Sandusky	USSKY	—	8.0 m	inland
Sandwich	USSWC	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Santa Barbara	USSBA	—	—	NAVAREA XII
Savannah	USSAV	Yes	13.1 m	NAVAREA IV
Searsport	USSRP	Yes	11.9 m	NAVAREA IV
Seattle	USSEA	Yes	14.7 m	NAVAREA XII
Seldovia	USSOV	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Seward	USSEW	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Sitka	USSIT	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Skagway	USSGY	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
St Paul	USSTP	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Stockton	USSCK	Yes	10.7 m	NAVAREA XII
Sturgeon Bay	USSUE	—	—	inland
Tacoma	USTIW	Yes	14.2 m	NAVAREA XII
Taconite Harbor	USTCH	—	—	inland
Texas City	USTXT	Yes	13.4 m	NAVAREA IV
The Dalles	USDLS	—	—	inland
Toledo	USTOL	Yes	—	inland
Valdez	USVDZ	Yes	18.9 m	NAVAREA XII
Waukegan	USUGN	—	—	inland
Whittier	USWQF	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Winterport	USWIE	—	—	NAVAREA IV
Wrangell	USWRG	Yes	8.0 m	NAVAREA XII
Yakutat	USYAK	Yes	—	NAVAREA XII
Yonkers	USYON	Yes	—	NAVAREA IV
Yorktown	USYKW	Yes	11.1 m	NAVAREA IV

Navigational warnings

The United States's waters are in NAVAREA IV, NAVAREA XII and NAVAREA XVII. A ship there keeps the in-force warnings of that area, and of any NAVAREA it passes on the way.

Before you call at the United States

Pre-arrival reporting

Vessels arriving in first US port are required to send to US Coast Guard (USCG) and ship's agent Notice of Arrival & Departure (NOA/D) and Crew/Passenger Lists at least 96 hours prior to arrival. It should be sent to the central National Clearing House: Tel: +1 800 708 9823, Fax: +1 800 547 8724, Email: [email protected]

US Coast Guard (USCG) NOA/D notification changes: Starting 22 Oct 2013 users should begin using NOAD InfoPath Template 6.2.1, NOA/D Workbook 7.1 or OCS Notice of Arrival (NOA) Workbook 1.1. It is requested that the Workbooks are completed electronically and then sent via email or imported into the eNOAD web application. The Workbooks must be kept saved as .xls format documents.

Notice of Arrival Requirement on the Outer Continental Shelf:

The United States Coast Guard Final Rule requiring the filing of Notice of Arrival (NOA) for US and foreign floating facilities, mobile offshore drilling units (MODU's), and vessels planning to engage in Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) activities, came into effect Feb 14 2011.

The NOA OCS requirements to report arrival times, locations and information regarding the vessel, voyage, cargo, and crew is essential for overall maritime domain safety and security awareness.

Moreover, obtaining knowledge of all individuals, floating facilities, MODU's, and vessels engaging in OCS activities will better equip the USCG to prevent and respond to a safety or security incident on the OCS. If the USCG receives specific threat information for an area, the knowledge obtained from these requirements will enable them to know who is in the area, what they are doing, and how to contact them.

The NOA for the OCS can only be submitted to the National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) directly online through the USCG/CBP Electronic Notice of Arrival/Departure eNOA/D web site.

The Final Rule may be viewed online at:

http://www.maritimedelriv.com/Port_Security/USCG/USCG_Files/NOA_for_OCS_FR_Notice.pdf.

Search and rescue

US Coast Guard Distress Radio Monitoring: The US Coast Guard issued a safety alert stating that, effective 1 Aug 2013, it will terminate its radio guard of the international voice distress, safety, and calling frequency 2182 kHz and the international digital selective calling (DSC) distress and safety frequency 2187.5 kHz. Additionally, marine information and weather broadcasts transmitted on 2670 kHz will terminate. The Coast Guard will continue to maintain a continuous watch on VHF-FM channel 16 (156.8 MHz) and on existing voice and DSC frequencies in the 4/6/8/12 MHz bands.

ISPS (ship and port security)

ISPS Designated Authority: United States Coast Guard, Office of Compliance. Address: 2100 Second St, SW, Washington DC, 20593, USA. Tel: +1 202 267 2978. Fax: +1 202 267 4858. Email: [email protected]. For further ISPS information see IMO website http://www2.imo.org/ISPSCode.

Dialling code USA - +1 Hawaii - +1 808. · The unit of currency is the US Dollar (US$) which consists of 100 cents.

These country notes come from public port references and some may be several years old. Check with your agent.

Questions about ports in the United States

How many ports in the United States have a NaviBoss port guide?

204 ports, 158 of them with at least one pilot boarding place on the chart. Each guide gives the pilot station, local time, water density, load line zone, maximum draft per terminal, pre-arrival reporting and inspections.

Which NAVAREA is the United States in?

The United States's ports lie in NAVAREA IV (4), NAVAREA XII (12) and NAVAREA XVII (17), depending on the coast.

Which IALA buoyage region does the United States use?

IALA region B: red to starboard when entering harbour.

Who carries out Port State Control in the United States?

Ships calling at the United States are inspected under the US Coast Guard.

What time zone are the United States's ports in?

Several: UTC−10, UTC−9 (summer time applies), UTC−8 (summer time applies), UTC−6 (summer time applies), UTC−5 (summer time applies) and UTC−4 (summer time applies).

Which port in the United States takes the deepest draft?

Of the ports with a figure, LOOP Terminal: its deepest listed berth takes 27.6 m. Check the terminal and the latest port notices before you plan to it.

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