Port of New York and New Jersey
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Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal on Newark Bay is the busiest container terminal on the East Coast of the United States
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| Draft depth | 50 feet |
| Air draft | 228 feet, restricted by Verrazano–Narrows Bridge 151 feet, restricted by Bayonne Bridge (with reconstruction will be raised to 215 feet clearance) |
Coordinates: 40°40′06″N 74°02′44″W / 40.66833°N 74.04556°W
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the port district of the New York-Newark metropolitan area, encompassing the region within approximately a 25-mile (40 km) radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. It includes the system of navigable waterways in the estuary along 650 miles (1,050 km) of shoreline in the vicinity of New York City and northeastern New Jersey, as well as the region's airports and supporting rail and roadway distribution networks. Considered one of the largest natural harbors in the world, the port is by tonnage the third largest in the United States and the busiest on the East Coast.
The port is the nation's top gateway for international flights and its busiest center for overall passenger and air freight flights. There are two foreign-trade zones (FTZ) within the port. The port handled $208 billion in shipping cargo in 2011, and 3,342,286 containers and 393,931 automobiles in 2014.
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