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Port Intelligence Brief

New York City, United States

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56 Verified Intelligence Items

50Verified
Intelligence

40Official
Sources

90%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 40 42' .0000"
W 74 1' .0012"

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Harbor ProfileNorth Atlantic Ocean
Size: Large

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EntranceTidal Range: 4.92 ft
Depth: 41.00 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Yes
Shelter: Excellent

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 6 items

🛟 Shelter & Refuge 6 items

⚠ Local Cautions 7 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 6 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 3 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 3 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 5 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 7 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 6 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 7 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

New York City approach intelligence includes pilotage, entrance channel depths, harbor communications, traffic density, anchoring restrictions, and operational cautions for arrival planning.

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Verified Intelligence

Principal Entrance & Project Depth

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

Ambrose Channel is the principal entrance to New York Harbor; project depth to deepwater terminals (Ambrose → Anchorage → Hudson River Channel) is 45 ft (project depth).

95% Confidence

Vessel Traffic Service (Vts)

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

A mandatory Vessel Traffic Service is established for the navigable waters of Lower New York Harbor (VTS New York).

95% Confidence

Pilotage — Compulsory Zones, Boarding Area & Eta Notification

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register entering/departing Port of NY/NJ; pilot boat maintains station ≈1.5 miles SE of Ambrose Channel Lighted Whistle Buoy A; pilot notification is mandatory 24 hours prior with ETA updates 12 and 6 hours before arrival.

95% Confidence

Area To Be Avoided (Environmental/Pollution / Routing Caution)

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

Recommended area to be avoided for vessels carrying petroleum/dangerous or any vessel >1,000 tons: polygon with points 40°25'44.1"N, 73°52'40.6"W; 40°25'51.2"N, 73°50'51.9"W; 40°25'28.4"N, 73°50'51.9"W; 40°24'43.0"N, 73°51'48.2"W; 40°25'13.9"N, 73°52'40.7"W. (Coast Pilot coordinates.)

92% Confidence

Shoals, Named Dangers And Changeable Areas

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

Named shoals/dangers in the entrance: False Hook, Flynn's Knoll, Romer Shoal (Romer Shoal Light marks Romer); tip of Sandy Hook is changeable and subject to severe shoaling.

90% Confidence

Tidal Currents In Ambrose Channel And Lower Bay

Official Source · Verified Jun 29, 2026

Flood current entering Lower Bay from the sea attains about 2 knots in the Ambrose Channel entrance; currents set generally parallel to lower straight section of Ambrose and are strong in The Narrows.

90% Confidence