Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$955K
Total assets Small plan by assets
31
Participants Small participant base
23rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$30,793
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan · Sponsored by New Bedford Longshoremen's Association · Massachusetts · Transportation & Warehousing

$955K in assets, 31 participants

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association's New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported $955K in total assets and 31 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 23rd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #787 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association multi-year trail

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association's plans moved -26.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan at $955K / 31 participants.

#787
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
-8.4%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $88K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$954,597 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan is a small filing (31 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$191K in the plan year 2022 filing to -$88K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported participants fell from 35 in the plan year 2022 filing to 31 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $955K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 042590551 · New Bedford Longshoremen's Association PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan · $955K · 31 · 23rd

  • TYPE $955K
  • NET 31
  • BOOK 23rd
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Ufcw Local 174 Retail Pension Fund
  • SCH ind #787

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All New Bedford Longshoremen's Association plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$770K 26.09787073220798% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7M$0.8M$0.9M$1M$1.1M 202220232024 $1.04M $0.77M ▼ -26.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 35 $1M
2023 1 31 $955K
2024 1 29 $770K

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$955K
Net Income-$88K
Employer EIN042590551
Plan Effective Date1972-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000954597 · Participants: 31New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 10.325856564 · Participants: 58745Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsNew England Teamsters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 9.092299586 · Participants: 21786New England Teamsters Pension FundLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.892259637 · Participants: 37145Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.381626447 · Participants: 11888Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 4.973349354 · Participants: 17166N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund
New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ufcw Local 174 Retail Pension Fund in NJ ($955K); by covered participants it is Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule Employees in MO (31 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 8.4% during 2023, from $1M to $955K. Reported net income was -$88K.
How have New Bedford Longshoremen's Association plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), New Bedford Longshoremen's Association's sponsor-wide assets declined 26.1%, from $1M to $770K.
Where does New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan ranks in the 23rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ufcw Local 174 Retail Pension Fund in NJ ($955K, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule Employees in MO (31 participants, $39M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042590551.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.