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[[Image:Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{Credit|Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg}}Port Angeles container port facilities]] | [[Image:Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg|right|thumb|350px|{{Credit|Port Angeles container port facilities.jpg}} Port Angeles container port facilities. Note shipping cranes in the background.]] | ||
A '''Container port''' is a [[seaport]] with specialized equipment designed to load and unload [[intermodal shipping container]]s. | A '''Container port''' is a [[seaport]] with specialized equipment designed to load and unload [[intermodal shipping container]]s.<ref name=tfhrc> | ||
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| url=http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/07jan/03.htm | |||
| title=Freighted With Urgency | |||
| publisher=[[The Federal Highway Authority]] | |||
| author=[[Tony Furst]] | |||
| date=January 2007 | |||
| accessdate=2008-11-05 | |||
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[[Container ship]]s are vessels designed to carry [[cargo]]s consisting entirely standard sized shipping containers. When docked in a container port specialized cranes can quickly load and unload the containers. | [[Container ship]]s are vessels designed to carry [[cargo]]s consisting entirely standard sized shipping containers.<ref name=tfhrc/> | ||
When docked in a container port specialized cranes can quickly load and unload the containers. | |||
larger container ports have other modifications for quickly loading containers onto other modes of transport, like [[railway]] [[flatcar]]s, or large transport trucks. | larger container ports have other modifications for quickly loading containers onto other modes of transport, like [[railway]] [[flatcar]]s, or large transport trucks. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 19:59, 5 November 2008
A Container port is a seaport with specialized equipment designed to load and unload intermodal shipping containers.[1]
Container ships are vessels designed to carry cargos consisting entirely standard sized shipping containers.[1] When docked in a container port specialized cranes can quickly load and unload the containers. larger container ports have other modifications for quickly loading containers onto other modes of transport, like railway flatcars, or large transport trucks.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tony Furst. Freighted With Urgency, The Federal Highway Authority, January 2007. Retrieved on 2008-11-05.