container port
noun
variants
or less commonly containerport
: a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
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The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a deep-sea container port about 30 miles from London.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Cargo that would have moved through Dubai’s Jebel Ali — the Middle East’s most connected container port, which is now largely cut off from global freighters — is now entering through smaller harbors in Fujairah and Oman, then moving overland.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Port of Manzanillo, Mexico’s busiest container port, had briefly closed Sunday but had reopened before the end of the day.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
The Port of Manzanillo, the country's busiest container port, was temporarily closed to containers coming in or out.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Cargo that would have moved through Dubai’s Jebel Ali — the Middle East’s most connected container port, which is now largely cut off from global freighters — is now entering through smaller harbors in Fujairah and Oman, then moving overland.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Port of Manzanillo, Mexico’s busiest container port, had briefly closed Sunday but had reopened before the end of the day.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
The Port of Manzanillo, the country's busiest container port, was temporarily closed to containers coming in or out.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2026
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 17 Apr. 2026.
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