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PORT OF ANCHORAGE

The Port of Anchorage is located on the Anchorage side of the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet on the
Pacific Ocean.
A 128.96-acre (52.19 ha) industrial park adjoins the port to the east. Approximately 80.87 acres
(32.73 ha) of the park are under long-term lease to various port users. Additionally, there are 31.0
acres (12.5 ha) for the staging and storage of marine cargo in transit.
PORT OF BALTIMORE

Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is a shipping port along the shores and branches of the
Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland. The port includes facilities for cargo, especially rollon/roll-off ships; and passenger facilities operated by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA), a
unit of the Maryland Department of Transportation.
The port was renamed for Helen Delich Bentley during a 2006 celebration of the port's 300th
birthday.
PORT OF BOSTON

The Port of Boston, is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of
Boston. It is the largest port in Massachusetts as well as being one of the principal ports on the
east coast of the United States.

PORT OF LOS ANGELES

The Port of Los Angeles, also called America's Port, is a port complex that occupies 7,500
acres (3,000 ha) of land and water along 43 mi (69 km) of waterfront and adjoins the separate
Port of Long Beach. The port is located in San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro and Wilmington
neighborhoods of Los Angeles, approximately 20 mi (32 km) south of downtown. A department
of the City of Los Angeles, the Port of Los Angeles employs nearly 896,000 people throughout
the LA County Region & 3.6 million worldwide, and it is the busiest container port in the
Western Hemisphere.

PORT OF MIAMI

The Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami, now stylized as PortMiami, is a seaport located in
Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, United States. It is connected to Downtown Miami by Port
Boulevarda causeway over the Intracoastal Waterwayand to the neighboring Watson Island
via the Port of Miami Tunnel. The port is located on Dodge Island, which is the combination of
three historic islands (Dodge, Lummus and Sam's Islands) that have since been combined into
one. It is named in honor of 19 term Florida Congressman Dante Fascell.
As of 2011, the Port of Miami accounts for 176,000 jobs and has an annual economic impact in
Miami of $18 billion. It is the 11th largest cargo container port in the United States. In 2010, a
record 4.33 million passengers traveled through the Port of Miami.
PORT OF MONTREAL

The Port of Montreal (French: Port de Montral) is a port located on the St. Lawrence River in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Montreal Port Authority. More than 2,000 ships
carrying all types of cargo to and from all parts of the world visit the port annually.
The port handled 28,422,003 tonnes (31,329,895 short tons; 27,973,121 long tons) of cargo in
2012. It is a transshipment point for consumer goods, machinery, grain, sugar, petroleum
products and other types of cargo. Montreal is also a cruise port that welcomes major
international cruise ship lines.
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

The Port of New Orleans is a port located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the sixth-largest port
in the United States based on volume of cargo handled, second-largest in the state after the Port
of South Louisiana, and 13th-largest in the U.S. based on value of cargo. It also has the longest
wharf in the world, which is 2.01 miles (3.4 km) long and can accommodate 15 vessels at one
time.

PORT OF NEW YORK

The Port of New York and New Jersey is the port district of the New York-Newark
metropolitan area, encompassing the region within approximately a 25-mile (40 km) radius of
the Statue of Liberty National Monument. It includes the system of navigable waterways in the
estuary along 650 miles (1,050 km) of shoreline in the vicinity of New York City and
northeastern New Jersey, as well as the region's airports and supporting rail and roadway
distribution networks.

PORT CANAVERAL

Port Canaveral is a cruise, cargo and naval port in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is
one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 2.8 million multi-day cruise passengers
passing through during 2010. As a deep water cargo port, it has a high volume of traffic. Over
3,000,000 short tons (2,700,000 t) of bulk cargo moves through each year. Common cargo
includes cement, petroleum and aggregate. The port has conveyors and hoppers for loading
products directly into trucks, and facilities for bulk cargo containers. The channel is about 44 feet
(13 m) deep.

PORT EVERGLADES

Port Everglades is a seaport in Broward County, Florida. As one of South Florida's leading
economic powerhouses, Port Everglades is the gateway for international trade and cruise
vacations. Currently the third busiest cruise port worldwide, Port Everglades is also the busiest
container port in Florida and 10th busiest in the United States, moving more than 1 million TEUs
in 2013.[1] Port Everglades is South Florida's main seaport for receiving petroleum products
including gasoline, jet fuel, and alternative fuels. The port serves as the primary storage and
distribution seaport for refined petroleum products, distributing fuel to residents of 12 Florida
counties. Port Everglades is also recognized as a favorite United States Navy liberty port. With a
depth of 43 feet (13 m) (at mean low water), Port Everglades is currently the deepest United
States (Atlantic Ocean) port south of Norfolk, Virginia.

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