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2. Port of Houston - Wikipedia

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   Location; Country: United States: Location: Houston (Texas, USA): Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: USHOU [2]: Details; Operated by: Port of Houston Authority: Owned by: City of Houston: Type of harbour: Artificial / natural: Number of cargo container terminals: 2: Number of major general cargo terminals: 5: Statistics; Annual cargo tonnage: 212 million (2006) [3]: Annual container volume: 1.6 ...

3. Port Houston (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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   The Port Houston, commissioned in 1926, was the first fireboat to serve the Houston area. [1] She was replaced by the Captain Crotty in 1950. According to the Transactions of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers , the Port Houston was the world's first diesel-electric fireboat.

4. Port Terminal Railroad Association - Wikipedia

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   The Port Terminal Railroad Association is an American terminal railroad that operates 185 miles (298 km) of track at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas. [1] It is an independent association comprising Port of Houston Authority, the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway. [2]

5. List of ports in the United States - Wikipedia

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   North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.

6. Port authority - Wikipedia

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   Georgia Ports Authority intermodal terminal at the Port of Savannah. In Canada, the United States and Spain, a port authority (less commonly a port district) is a governmental or quasi-governmental public authority for a special-purpose district usually formed by a legislative body (or bodies) to operate ports and other transportation infrastructure.

7. Why cruise ships docked at the Miami port will plug into ...

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   Shore power allows ships to shut off their engines and plug into a giant electric outlet while docked. How shore power works in Miami. ... The port is providing up to 16 megawatts, and each ship ...