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The Bayport Container Terminal, or simply the Bayport Terminal, is a major deep water port in the Greater Houston area in Texas (United States).This relatively new terminal, part of the Port of Houston, is designed to handle standardized cargo containers and offload the nearby Barbours Cut Terminal, which has no further room for expansion. [2]
[10]: 184 In 1977 the Port of Houston opened the Barbours Cut Terminal, Texas' first cargo container terminal, at Morgan's Point. This new terminal, in the Bay Area, quickly became the port's most important terminal. [11] The opening of the Bayport Terminal in 2006 further extended the port authority's reach outside the city of Houston. [12]
The terminal has six berths with 6,000 feet (1,800 m) of continuous wharfs. The loading area covers 230 acres (93 ha), with 255,000 square feet (23,700 m 2) of warehouse/storage space. The channel depth is 40 feet (12 m) at low tide. [1] The facilities at Barbours Cut include a cruise ship terminal.
a gantry crane stands at the Port of Houston Bayport Container Terminal in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., on Friday, April 12, 2019. The U.S. Census is scheduled to release trade balance figures on April 17.
"Bayport and Barbours Cut Container Terminals are planning to open [Thursday] at 3 p.m. to truck traffic. Check back for another update soon about final gate operation decisions," port officials ...
Port Houston announced it was closing two terminals after an employee who worked at both sites tested positive for the coronavirus.The Bayport and Barbours Cut terminals are closed while an ...
When La Porte celebrated its centennial in 1992, it was the home of Barbours Cut Terminal, operated by the Port of Houston Authority since 1977. Fifteen years later, the Port of Houston's newest addition, Bayport Terminal, was established just south of La Porte. The area around La Porte has served an increasingly important role in international ...
Dredging of east coast ports are under way [3] because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships. The Jasper Ocean Terminal is a planned container terminal to be built on the Savannah River downstream of Savannah, GA that is expected to begin operations in the mid 2020s. [4]