Cleveland, United States
Port · USCLE · 41.47°, -81.68° · Mineral Products, Metals, Chemical & Allied Industries
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 2
- vessel calls / yr
- 274
About the port
The World Port Index lists Cleveland as a large coastal breakwater harbour with excellent shelter.
Listed depths: 8 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a medium drydock.
PortWatch estimates 266 port calls at Cleveland from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 22 a month, close to the twelve months before.
By vessel type, dry bulk carriers 93%, general cargo ships 4% and container ships 3% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1.8 million t imported and 109 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Jun 2026 (35 calls) and the quietest Feb 2026 (1).
What is reported near this port
2 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Cleveland, the earliest issued in 2013; the most common types are spills (2).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Cleveland is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 34 calls, 308 thousand t in, 15 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large coastal breakwater
- shelter
- excellent
- water body
- Lake Erie; Great Lakes
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- depths
- channel 8 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 8 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance, salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- U.S. Coast Pilot 6 - Great Lakes and their connecting waterways
- chart
- 14839
World Port Index entry Cleveland (No. 3490), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of United States's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.2%, exports 0.0%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.