# Newport (US NPT)

**UN/LOCODE:** US NPT  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 41.5000, -71.3333

Newport (LOCODE: US NPT), Rhode Island, is primarily a naval and yacht base. Naval Station Newport hosts US Navy training commands, inactive warships, and research vessels of the US Coast Guard and NOAA. Commercial cargo volumes amount to approximately 84,400 tonnes per year, confined to coastal trade. In summer Newport receives cruise ship calls as a tender port, with vessels anchoring in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay; 2026 callers included Queen Mary 2 and several other liners. A seasonal ferry links Newport to Providence (operated by RIDOT). No container liner services or commercial deep-water infrastructure exist; the nearest general-cargo hubs are Providence (RI) and New York/New Jersey.

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