# Nauru (NR INU)

**UN/LOCODE:** NR INU  
**Country:** Nauru  
**Water Body:** South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -0.5333, 166.9167

There is no quay in the conventional sense at Nauru's only seaport (UN/LOCODE NR INU): cargo is worked through a Deep Water Offshore Multi-Point Mooring System in Aiwo Boat Harbour, run by the Nauru Maritime and Port Authority. The port exists mainly to move phosphate rock, still shipped to South Korea, India, the Philippines and Australia, though slow container handling at the mooring makes freight costs among the highest in the Pacific. A modernisation project, backed by the Nauru government and international partners, aims to deliver a climate-resilient facility by late 2025. In July 2025, local crews trained in stevedoring aboard the vessel UML Veronica at Aiwo Port to build capacity for independent vessel operations. With no neighbouring domestic ports, Nauru relies on transshipment through regional hubs such as Suva, Fiji, or Australian ports to connect with wider ocean freight networks.

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