container port
noun
variants
or less commonly containerport
: a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
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Port of Santos handled over 5 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent unit – how container cargo is measured) in 2024, ranking about 40th in the world, but is the largest and most modernized container port in all of Latin America.
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Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
For reference, the Port of Los Angeles, known as America's Port, is the busiest container port in the US, handling just over 9 TEUs annually.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, a higher level of activity was observed at the commercial container port compared to previous photos from November and September.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Fan’s wife, a firefighter, died in a container port blaze caused by just such incendiary waste, which prompts him to quit politics and leave the city.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Joe Salas, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
For reference, the Port of Los Angeles, known as America's Port, is the busiest container port in the US, handling just over 9 TEUs annually.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, a higher level of activity was observed at the commercial container port compared to previous photos from November and September.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Fan’s wife, a firefighter, died in a container port blaze caused by just such incendiary waste, which prompts him to quit politics and leave the city.
—James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for container port
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“Container port.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20port. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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