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North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.
The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted. [1]
Container port draft depths and air drafts Port Draft depth Air draft Port of Miami: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port Everglades: 43 feet (13 m) Unlimited Port of Palm Beach: 36 feet (11 m) Unlimited Port of Jacksonville: 47 feet (14 m) 175 feet (53 m) Port of Savannah: 47 feet (14 m) 185 feet (56 m) Port of Charleston: 52 feet (16 m) 186 feet (57 m)
CMA CGM operates the ExpressRail Port Jersey near-dock rail terminal at Port Jersey and serves the adjacent Port Liberty Bayonne semi-automated container terminal. Greenville Yard ( 40°40′44″N 74°04′24″W / 40.67892°N 74.0734°W / 40.67892; -74.0734 ) is located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City at the border with Bayonne
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal, a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York metropolitan area and the northeastern quadrant of North America. Located on Newark Bay, the facility is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
[7] [8] In 2011, the terminal handled 110,000 containers. [9] Red Hook Container Terminal LLC operates the terminal in an agreement made in 2011 with the Port Authority when it had control over the facility. [10] [11] In May 2024, the Port Authority transferred ownership of the terminal to the New York City government. [12] [13]
Port of New York and New Jersey. Howland Hook Marine Terminal, Staten Island, New York; Port Jersey Marine Terminal, Jersey City, New Jersey; Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, New Jersey; Red Hook Marine Terminal, Brooklyn, New York; Port of Savannah, Georgia; Port of Charleston, South Carolina; Port of Wilmington, North Carolina
A container port, container terminal, or intermodal terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks , in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container port .