Port of Cleveland

Port of Cleveland
Oblique aerial view of Port of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Interactive map of Port of Cleveland
Location
CountryUnited States
LocationCleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie, Great Lakes
Coordinates41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W / 41.51944°N 81.68861°W / 41.51944; -81.68861
UN/LOCODEUS CLE
Details
Opened1825 (1825)
Owned byCleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Size144 sq mi (370 km2)
Draft depth27 ft (8.2 m)
CEO and PresidentJeff Epstein
Statistics
Vessel arrivals959 (2006)
Annual cargo tonnage15,186,819 (2006)
Value of cargo$7 billion
Website
www.portofcleveland.com

The Port of Cleveland is a bulk freight and container shipping port at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the third-largest port in the Great Lakes and the fourth-largest Great Lakes port by annual tonnage. Over 23,000 jobs and $7.07 billion in annual economic activity are tied to the roughly 13 million tons of cargo that move through Cleveland Harbor each year.

The Port of Cleveland is the only container port on the Great Lakes, with bi-weekly service between Cleveland and Antwerp on a service called the Cleveland-Europe Express.

In October 2025, Jeff Epstein took over as CEO. Epstein was previously Cleveland's chief of integrated development.