Sharjah — Port Code AESHJ

UN/LOCODE AE SHJ identifies Sharjah, SH, United Arab Emirates. UNECE classifies it as seaport and airport. Below: the classifiers, the location reference, the CBP entry code where CBP publishes one, and the Airlift ocean freight lanes serving United Arab Emirates.

UN/LOCODEAE SHJ
Place nameSharjah
CountryUnited Arab Emirates (AE)
SubdivisionSH
Function classifiersSeaportRoad terminalAirportcode list string 1-34----
Coordinates 25.35, 55.38 View on OpenStreetMap →

Using AESHJ on your shipping documents

Carriers print the port of loading and port of discharge on bookings and bills of lading as UN/LOCODEs, so AESHJ is what you will normally see against Sharjah on carrier paperwork and in schedule and tracking feeds. The first two characters, AE, are the ISO 3166-1 country code for United Arab Emirates; the remaining three identify the place within it.

A UN/LOCODE names a place, not a berth. Where a port city runs several container terminals, UNECE often assigns the terminals their own codes alongside the city code — which is why a booking can legitimately show a code you did not expect. Take the code from the carrier booking rather than picking the one that reads most like the port name.

Schedule D codes are a US-only system, so Sharjah does not have one. If Sharjah is your origin, the Schedule D code that matters is the one for your US port of entry — every US port page in this tool shows it where CBP publishes it.

Sharjah carries the airport classifier in UN/LOCODE, but the code list does not supply an IATA code for it. We do not infer one: the last three characters of a UN/LOCODE often match the IATA code but are not required to, and a wrong code on an air waybill is expensive. Take the IATA code from your airline or forwarder.

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Sharjah port code FAQs

The UN/LOCODE for Sharjah, SH, United Arab Emirates is AESHJ, printed as AE SHJ. The first two characters (AE) are the ISO country code and the last three identify the location. Source: UNECE UN/LOCODE Code List, edition 2024-2.

Location data: UNECE UN/LOCODE Code List, edition 2024-2 — public data published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/CEFACT). UN/LOCODE code list.

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