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The characteristics of vessels and the port characteristics: Main dimensions: length, which determines the widths and bends of the channel, size required for the terminal, and maximum number of berths; the breadth and air draft, which influences cargo-handing equipment selection, and the width of channels;
In early November, more than 100 ships were anchored in San Pedro Bay. [11] It was unusual for even one vessel to be waiting offshore before the coronavirus pandemic. [ 7 ] In late 2021 and the first month of 2022, container ships have remained at American ports unloading goods for seven days on average, 21 percent higher than at the start of ...
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]
Data from logistics management platform GoComet shows the number of vessels arriving at the Port of New York/New Jersey was down over 25% from the day of the collapse to April 1, and Savannah, Ga ...
A strike involving port workers from Maine to Texas could inflict major damage on the US economy. How high the economic wreckage piles up will depend on how long dockworkers are on the picket line ...
During the 2002 West Coast port labor lockout, the port had a large backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded at any given time. In 2000, the Pier 400 Dredging and Landfill Program, the largest such project in America, was completed. [8] By 2013, more than half a million containers were moving through the Port every month. [13]
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.
Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching from ...