container port
noun
variants
or less commonly containerport
: a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
Examples of container port in a Sentence
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Haiti’s international airport is closed due to the insecurity and its main container port terminal, run by Caribbean Port Services, was attacked and looted on March 8.
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Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
The prison attack follows reports on Friday that armed men had attempted to take control of the capital’s main container port, causing traffic disruptions, and gangs threatened to attack more of the city’s police stations.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
Gangs attacked both the National Penitentiary and the country's main container port.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports plan blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday.
—Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
That port near Fort Lauderdale, north of Miami, has an economic impact of $33 billion and is the 13th busiest container port in the U.S., the busiest energy port in Florida and the third busiest cruise homeport in the world.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
For the past 22 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest container port in North America, moving around 10 million cargo containers filled with goods for Americans and bringing in roughly half a billion dollars in revenue each year to the state of California.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
The backup is a concern for shippers seeking alternatives to the nation’s busiest container port complex at Los Angeles and Long Beach, where congestion has severely delayed shipments and where looming labor contract negotiations with West Coast dockworkers could threaten further disruptions.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 18 May 2022
As of last year, the Port of New York and New Jersey was the second-largest container port by cargo volume in the United States — just behind the Port of Los Angeles and slightly ahead of the Port of Long Beach, also in California, according to Port Authority figures.
—Elise Young, New York Times, 6 July 2023
Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
The prison attack follows reports on Friday that armed men had attempted to take control of the capital’s main container port, causing traffic disruptions, and gangs threatened to attack more of the city’s police stations.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
Gangs attacked both the National Penitentiary and the country's main container port.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2024
Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports plan blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday.
—Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
That port near Fort Lauderdale, north of Miami, has an economic impact of $33 billion and is the 13th busiest container port in the U.S., the busiest energy port in Florida and the third busiest cruise homeport in the world.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
For the past 22 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest container port in North America, moving around 10 million cargo containers filled with goods for Americans and bringing in roughly half a billion dollars in revenue each year to the state of California.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
The backup is a concern for shippers seeking alternatives to the nation’s busiest container port complex at Los Angeles and Long Beach, where congestion has severely delayed shipments and where looming labor contract negotiations with West Coast dockworkers could threaten further disruptions.
—Paul Berger, WSJ, 18 May 2022
As of last year, the Port of New York and New Jersey was the second-largest container port by cargo volume in the United States — just behind the Port of Los Angeles and slightly ahead of the Port of Long Beach, also in California, according to Port Authority figures.
—Elise Young, New York Times, 6 July 2023
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“Container port.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/container%20port. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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