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Cargo determines the main function, transportation mode, and related characters required for the container port. In container port design, the object cargo is an intermodal container. Containers are usually classified as 20-foot and 40-foot. 53-foot containers were introduced and used both in the US and Canada, mainly for domestic road and rail ...
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.
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.
Economic Impact of New York-New Jersey Port/Maritime Industry for 2010 (PDF) (Report). PANYNJ. October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-26; New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program; Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey (Schedule of latest ship departures and related information)
Port of Tacoma: Greater than 50 feet (15 m) Unlimited Port of Portland: 40 feet (12 m) 196 feet (60 m) Port of Oakland: 50 feet (15 m) 220 feet (67 m) Port of San Francisco: 50 feet (15 m) 220 feet (67 m) Port of Hueneme: 40 feet (12 m) Unlimited Port of Los Angeles: Greater than 52 feet (16 m) Unlimited Port of Long Beach: Greater than 50 feet ...
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 .
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.
Theofanis S., Boilé M., Golias M.M (2009) Container terminal berth planning: critical review of research approaches and practical challenges [dead link ]. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Marine Transportation and Port Operations, 2100, 22-28.