Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$770K
Total assets Small plan by assets
29
Participants Small participant base
21st
Percentile by assets National rank
$26,567
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

$770K in assets, 29 participants

New Bedford Longshoremen's Association's New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported $770K in total assets and 29 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 21st 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.

  • #737 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 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 $770K / 29 participants.

#737
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
-19.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $184K 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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$770,443 21st percentile higher than 21% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (29 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$88K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$184K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $955K in the plan year 2023 filing to $770K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan reported participants fell from 31 in the plan year 2023 filing to 29 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 042590551 · New Bedford Longshoremen's Association PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan · $770K · 29 · 21st

  • NET $770K
  • NET 29
  • NET 21st
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near 47 Samurai, Inc. Cash Balance Plan
  • NET ind #737

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

Macarthur Company Union Factory Pension PlanMacarthur Company Union Fact…$776KBuffalo Carpenters Pension FundBuffalo Carpenters Pension F…$778KNew Bedford Longshoremen's Pension PlanNew Bedford Longshoremen's P…$770K47 Samurai, Inc. Cash Balance Plan47 Samurai, Inc. Cash Balanc…$770KAlfred H. Chan M.D., P.C. Defined Benefit Pension Plan & TrustAlfred H. Chan M.D., P.C. De…$766K
End-of-year total assets ($M) among New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$955K
Net Assets (End of Year)$770K
Net Income-$184K
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): 0.000770443 · Participants: 29New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 11.586293172 · Participants: 60621Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsNew England Teamsters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 9.093299462 · Participants: 21577New England Teamsters Pension FundLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.250686483 · Participants: 34910Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.888715533 · Participants: 12533Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 5.086051556 · Participants: 16946N. 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 47 Samurai, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in CA ($770K); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA (29 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (29 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
New Bedford Longshoremen's Pension Plan declined sharply - down 19.3% during 2024, from $955K to $770K. Reported net income was -$184K.
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 21st percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 47 Samurai, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in CA ($770K, 2 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 Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA (29 participants, $25M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.