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In 1891, the Oregon Legislature created the Port to dredge and maintain a shipping channel from the city of Portland to the Pacific Ocean. Through the years, the Port acquired the Commission of Public Docks, [3] which operated public-use docks in Portland Harbor, and they built Portland's first airport. [citation needed]
With six container cranes, on-dock rail service and a 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m 2) transit shed, the terminal can process frozen, refrigerated or ambient cargo on 4,780 feet (1,460 m) of deepwater (38 feet (12 m)) berthing space.
The port authority took over the operations of Port Newark and Newark Airport in 1948 and began modernizing both facilities and expanding them southward. The SS Ideal X, considered the first container ship, made her maiden voyage as a container carrier on April 26, 1956, [11] carrying 58 containers from Port Newark to the Port of Houston.
The city rented land from PANYNJ and negotiated with SeaStreak to establish ferry service to Manhattan [23] to begin in September 2020. [24] With delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other causes, service was rescheduled to 2022, [25] being further delayed into 2023 due to continued negotiations with PANYNJ, according to the city's mayor. [26]
AD Ports Group has five integrated business clusters Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime and Ports. [10] Under the supervision of Abu Dhabi's Department of Economic Development, Maqta Gateway have developed and operates the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP) designed to unify trade and logistics services across Abu Dhabi, [11] including sea, land, air, and ...
The Port Authority was established as a statutory corporation under the Port Authority Act, 1972. [1] A Commercial Free Zone and Distribution Hub for the Americas is currently under development. [4] Since 2008, the Port of Kingston has begun expansions to improve its facilities in response to the Panama Canal Expansion.
Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS) is a trade information service offered by S&P Global Maritime Intelligence. Launched in the mid-1970s, PIERS is considered a pioneer in compiling digital data on global trade.