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Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination. One possible reason for transshipment is to change the means of transport during the journey (e.g., from ship transport to road transport), known as transloading. Another reason is to combine small ...
List of countries by container port traffic; List of busiest ports by cargo tonnage – by weight of cargo transported through the port; List of busiest ports in Europe – by several measures including number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled, by cargo tonnage and percentage transshipment; List of busiest cruise ports by passengers
Transshipment or transhipment at sea is done by transferring goods such as cargo, personnel, and equipment from one ship to another. It is a common practice in global fisheries and typically takes place between smaller fishing vessels and large specialized refrigerated transport vessels, also referred to as “reefers” that onload catch and deliver supplies if necessary.
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]
It is the largest port in Spain with almost 100 million tons in 2015 [3] and second largest in the Mediterranean Sea, [4] and in 2018 was the 31st in the world in container shipping, [5] and 33rd overall in 2019. [6] In 2010 it exceeded 70 million tons in total traffic and more than 2.8 million containers. [7]
Transshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination. One possible reason is to change the means of transport during the journey (for example from ship transport to road transport ), known as transloading .
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 .
Map showing the location of the ports listed on this page. The following is a list of the ports in Spain declared to be of "general interest" and thus, under the exclusive competence of the General Administration of the State. [1]