Port guide · UN/LOCODE TO NEI
Neiafu, Tonga
Tonga · 18.65° S, 173.98° W
The World Port Index classes Neiafu as a natural coastal harbor on the South Pacific Ocean. It records a channel depth of 4.9 m and a cargo pier depth of 7.9 m. Norfolk is 11,900 km away in a straight line.
- Channel depth
- 4.9 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Max vessel length
- 120 m
- From Norfolk
- 11,900 kmGreat-circle distance
Depths and vessel limits
The index sets a maximum vessel length of 120 m and a maximum draft of 7 m.
- Channel depth
- 4.9 m
- Anchorage depth
- 23.2 m
- Cargo pier depth
- 7.9 m
- Tidal range
- 1 m
- Maximum vessel length
- 120 m
- Maximum vessel beam
- 20 m
- Maximum vessel draft
- 7 m
- Offshore maximum vessel draft
- 7.8 m
As recorded in the World Port Index. Gauges run from 0 to 25 m. Confirm current depths and limits with the port before you fix a vessel.
Facilities on record
Arrival and entry
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Tug salvage
- No
- Arrival notice (ETA message) required
- Yes
- Shelter afforded
- Good
- Entrance restricted by tide
- No
- Entrance restricted by swell
- No
- Entrance restricted by ice
- No
- Overhead limits
- No
Cargo handling
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- No
- Mobile cranes
- No
- Floating cranes
- No
Services and supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Potable water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Medical facilities
- Yes
- Garbage disposal
- Yes
- Dirty ballast disposal
- Yes
- Airport
- Yes
US trade with Tonga
- US exports, 2025
- $14.7MLed by meat
- US imports, 2025
- $3.2MLed by optical, medical and precision instruments
Sources
- US trade figures: US Census Bureau, International Trade API, HS2 total exports and general imports for calendar 2024 and 2025, retrieved November 4, 2026.
- Port data: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, World Port Index (Pub 150), from NGA's UpdatedPub150.csv as captured by the Internet Archive on September 29, 2026.
- Distances are great-circle distances computed from World Port Index coordinates, not sailing distances.
- Map: Natural Earth 1:110m land, public domain.