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Port of New York and New Jersey

U.S. East Coast port

Shipping heavy equipment from the Port of New York and New Jersey

New York and New Jersey handles all four methods: containers and flat racks at five container terminals in Newark, Elizabeth, Bayonne and Staten Island, RoRo for high and heavy equipment at Port Liberty Bayonne and Port Liberty New York, and breakbulk and project cargo at the same terminals and at dedicated berths with no truck height limits[1][2][3].

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TEUs, loaded and empty, calendar 2025[4]
8,897,531
rail lifts, calendar 2025[4]
680,364
channel depth[2]
50 ft15.24 m
Class I railroads connected through ExpressRail[5]
CSX · NS

Official website: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Terminal names and figures on this page come from its own publications, listed under Sources.

Container, flat rack, RoRo and breakbulk here

Shipping methods at this port and the terminals that handle them
MethodAt this portWhere
ContainerYesMaher Terminals and APM Terminals in Elizabeth, Port Newark Container Terminal, Port Liberty Bayonne and Port Liberty New York on Staten Island; Maher alone has 24 container cranes on 10,127 ft 11 in (3,087 m) of berth[1].
Flat rackYesFlat racks load at the container terminals, all five of which list dimensional cargo; Port Liberty Bayonne strips out-of-gauge flat racks by appointment and gives two days’ flat rack free time[1][6].
RoRoYesPort Liberty Bayonne and Port Liberty New York list RoRo; the Port Authority says weekly service carries high and heavy equipment such as construction vehicles[1][2].
BreakbulkYesAll five container terminals list breakbulk, and Berths 17, 23 and 25 take project cargo with truck access free of height restrictions, Berths 23 and 25 with on-dock rail[1][3].

Published sailings that load here

Published sailings that load here
Carrier and serviceMethodTrade laneDestination ports, with transit from here where published
Grimaldi[8]North America – West AfricaRoRoShipping machinery from the U.S. to AfricaDakar · Lagos · Cotonou · Tema
MSC[9]USA – South Africa (weekly)ContainerShipping machinery from the U.S. to AfricaGqeberha · Durban · Cape Town
Atlantic Container Line[10]A ServiceRoRoShipping machinery from the U.S. to EuropeLiverpool · Hamburg · Antwerp
NYK RORO[11]MSXRoRoShipping machinery from the U.S. to South AmericaSuape 16–18 days · Santos 19–22 days · Zárate 23–26 days · San Antonio 33–38 days · Iquique · Callao 39–46 days
NYK RORO[11]USCX (via the Panama Canal)RoRoShipping machinery from the U.S. to South AmericaCallao 15 days · Iquique 18 days · San Antonio 21 days
NYK RORO[12]USGXRoRoShipping machinery from the U.S. to Central AmericaManzanillo (Colón) 8–11 days · Puerto Limón 10–13 days · Puerto Cortés 12–15 days · Santo Tomás de Castilla 14–17 days

Terminals and rail

Port Newark Container Terminal is in Port Newark and the Maher and APM terminals are in Elizabeth; Port Liberty Bayonne is in Jersey City and Port Liberty New York is on Staten Island[1]. Each of the five has berths at least 49 ft 10 in (15.2 m) deep at the dock, and APM’s largest cranes are rated at 110 US tons (100 t)[1]. A barge service links Red Hook Container Terminals in Brooklyn with the Red Hook Barge Terminal in Port Newark[7].

ExpressRail’s four on- and near-dock rail facilities serve all five container terminals: ExpressRail Elizabeth for APM and Maher, ExpressRail Newark for Port Newark Container Terminal, ExpressRail Port Jersey for Port Liberty Bayonne and ExpressRail Staten Island for Port Liberty New York, with CSX and Norfolk Southern taking trains inland[5]. Breakbulk and heavy-lift deliveries at Port Liberty Bayonne are by appointment only, so a machine on a lowboy needs a booked slot before it leaves for the terminal[6].

Questions about shipping from New York and New Jersey

Can I ship construction equipment RoRo from New York and New Jersey?

Yes. The Port Authority says weekly RoRo service carries high and heavy equipment such as construction vehicles, and Port Liberty Bayonne and Port Liberty New York both list RoRo cargo.

Where do flat racks load in New York and New Jersey?

At the container terminal your carrier calls: Maher, APM Terminals, Port Newark Container Terminal, Port Liberty Bayonne or Port Liberty New York. Out-of-gauge flat racks are handled by appointment.

Does the port handle breakbulk and project cargo?

Yes. All five container terminals list breakbulk, and the Port Authority keeps berths for project cargo where trucks have no height restrictions, two of them with on-dock rail.

Auction yards that ship through this port

Equipment auction yards for which the Port of New York and New Jersey is one of the recommended export ports, by road distance from the yard (OSRM, OpenStreetMap).

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from the documents below, each checked on the date shown. Carriers and authorities revise them, so we confirm the current figure when we book.

  1. [1]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Container terminals, checked October 18, 2026
  2. [2]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, RoRo: Roll-on Roll-off, checked October 18, 2026
  3. [3]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bulk and break bulk, checked October 18, 2026
  4. [4]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Facts and figures (monthly cargo volumes, 2025), checked October 18, 2026
  5. [5]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Rail (ExpressRail), checked October 18, 2026
  6. [6]Port Liberty Bayonne, Carriers and truckers, checked October 18, 2026
  7. [7]Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Containers, checked October 18, 2026
  8. [8]Grimaldi Lines, North America – West Africa Service schedule (published 16 Oct 2026), checked October 18, 2026
  9. [9]MSC, Standalone direct service between South Africa and the USA (customer advisory), checked October 18, 2026
  10. [10]Atlantic Container Line, Baltimore: A Service schedule and transit times, checked October 18, 2026
  11. [11]NYK RORO, MSX/USCX schedule: U.S. East Coast to South America (week 42, 16 Oct 2026), checked October 18, 2026
  12. [12]NYK RORO, USGX schedule: U.S. East Coast to Colombia, Panama, Mexico and Central America (week 42, 13 Oct 2026), checked October 18, 2026

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