The Port of New York and New Jersey with an expansive network of facilities is the gateway to the most concentrated and affluent consumer market in the world. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages Port Newark, Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, Howland Hook Marine Terminal, the Auto Marine Terminal, Brooklyn-Port Authority Marine Terminal and Red Hook Terminal. Combined with the privately owned and operated Global Marine Terminal, these facilities make up the Port of New York and New Jersey. With more cargo handling capacity than any other port in the eastern United States, they include some of the most productive, high-volume cargo operations in the world. In 2006, more than 30 million tons of oceanborne general cargo move through our port. During this period, the Port also handled 5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of loaded and unloaded cargo.

In addition, there are three passenger cruise terminals in the Port. Two are located in of New York : Manhattan Terminal in Manhattan, and the newly constructed Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Brooklyn, the third is Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey.