Times of Malta: Hundreds of postcards of warships, submarines in Malta can now be viewed online. “The collection was started by Judge Emeritus Giovanni Bonello when he was a child. Bonello donated the almost 1,500 postcards and photos taken in Maltese harbours between the 1880s and 1970s to Heritage Malta, which has now uploaded them to the recently inaugurated eMuseum platform for the public […]

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Times of Malta: Hundreds of postcards of warships, submarines in Malta can now be viewed online

Times of Malta: Hundreds of postcards of warships, submarines in Malta can now be viewed online. “The collection was started by Judge Emeritus Giovanni Bonello when he was a child. Bonello do…

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Hype for the Future 65/284: Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts

Introduction The Town of Provincetown is located at the tail end of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. At the side of the Pilgrims’ Landing of 1620, Provincetown today maintains ferry access to Boston and Plymouth on the opposite side of Massachusetts Bay. Importance The Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, is a regional hub for the LGBTQIA+ community and is associated with the summer season, similar to the numerous communities of coastal Maine. Within Barnstable County, […]

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Hype for the Future 65/284: Tow of Provincetown, Massachusetts

Introduction The Town of Provincetown is located at the tail end of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. At the side of the Pilgrims’ Landing of 1620, Provincetown today maintains ferry ac…

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Hype for the Future 64F: Boothbay Area, Maine

Introduction The Towns of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor are largely associated with the summer season, both along the Atlantic Ocean with Boothbay slightly further inland (north) within Lincoln County, Maine. Though Monhegan Island and its associated plantation may be more accessible from Knox County to the east, the island area is also considered part of Lincoln County, albeit separately identified from the Boothbay communities. Boothbay Harbor is situated to the south of Boothbay and is […]

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Hype for the Future 64F: Boothbay Area, Maine

Introduction The Towns of Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor are largely associated with the summer season, both along the Atlantic Ocean with Boothbay slightly further inland (north) within Lincoln Coun…

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EU heavyweight Italy joins Belgium in opposing Russian frozen assets plan

Italy and Belgium team up to press the Commission to suggest alternatives for financing Ukraine.

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Boris Johnson to Europe: Trump’s just trying to shock you

Former British prime minister says US president’s Ukraine comments are ‘not intended to be historically accurate’.

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Dear Friends,
A run of cold days here and, finally, a veneer of ice in the north shore harbors. This is the very base of Northport Harbor, #LongIsland. Our ever-pooping (look closely) resident Canada Goose stands on a single leg to help keep themselves warm. Edit: removed the window friday hashtag! #SillyMe
#Winter #ice #harbors #harbours
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Suez, depuis Port Tewfic Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Railroad trains,Harbors,Egypt Suez

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Suez, depuis Port Tewfic

1 print : color photochrom ; sheet 21 x 27 cm.

Port Said, le port Zürich : Photoglob Company, ca. 1890-1910 Boats,Canals,Piers & wharves,Harbors,Suez Canal (Egypt),Egypt Port Said

#PortSaid #Zürich #PhotoglobCompany #Harbors #SuezCanal #Egypt #photography #historicalPhotos

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Port Said, le port

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The largest marine terminals by acreage in the USA

Listed below are the largest marine terminals in the United States. The list does not include container terminals unless they are a nominal part of the overall terminal operations. A separate list was published previously on this blog. It also does not include river terminals along the Mississippi and other major rivers, except those that can accommodate open-going vessels like New Orleans.. A minimum of 100 acres was required for inclusion on the list.

Lake Calumet Terminal Area of Chicago – Source: mungfali.com

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  • Lake Calumet Terminal – Chicago, IL = 1,900 acres
  • 2. Blount Island Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 754 acres

    3. Colonel’s Island Terminal – Brunswick, GA = 637 acres

    4. Port of Indiana/Burns Harbor – Chicago (Gary, IN), IL = 600 acres

    5. Dames Point Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 585 acres

    6. Dundalk Marine Terminal – Baltimore (Dundalk), MD = 570 acres

    7. McDuffie Coal Terminal – Mobile, AL = 550 acres

    8. Southport Marine Terminal – Fort Lauderdale, FL = 509 acres

    9. Marine Terminal 6 – Portland, OR = 419 acres

    10. Total Marine Terminal – Los Angeles (Long Beach), CA = 385 acres

    11. APM Port Elizabeth Marine Terminal – New York City (Elizabeth, NJ), NY = 350 acres

    12. Howland Hook Marine Terminal – New York City (Staten Island), NY = 345 acres

    13. Seagirt Marine Terminal – Baltimore, MD = 320 acres

    14. West Basin Marine Terminal – Los Angeles, CA = 315 acres

    15. Port of Wilmington Marine Terminal – Wilmington, DE = 308 acres

    16. Port of Gulfport Terminal – Gulfport, MS = 300 acres

    17. Portsmouth Marine Terminal – Hampton Roads (Portsmouth), VA = 287 acres

    18. Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal – New York City (Newark, NJ), NY = 287 acres

    19. SSA Port of Wilmington Marine Terminal – Wilmington, NC = 280 acres

    20. Orange County Liquid Bulk Terminal – Beaumont, TX = 260 acres

    21. Talleyrand Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 251 acres

    22. Davisville Marine Terminal – Providence (North Kingstown), RI = 250 acres

    23. ITS Marine Terminal – Los Angeles (Long Beach), CA = 246 acres

    24. Atlantic/Chesapeake Terminal – Baltimore, MD = 238 acres

    25-27. Ocean Terminal – Savannah, GA; Paulsboro Marine Terminal – Philadelphia (Paulsboro, NJ), PA; and Magellan Marine Terminal – Houston, TX = 200 acres

    28. Iroquois Landing Lakefront Terminal – Chicago, IL = 190 acres

    29. Pierce County Marine Terminal – Tacoma, WA = 189 acres

    30. Terminal 5 – Seattle, WA = 185 acres

    31. Radio Island Marine Terminal – Morehead City, NC = 170 acres

    32. Packer Avenue Marine Terminal – Philadephia, PA = 160 acres

    33. SSA Columbus Street Terminal – Charleston, SC = 155 acres

    34. National City Marine Terminal – San Diego (National City), CA = 135 acres

    35-37. Ocean Terminal – New York City (Bayonne, NJ), NY; Outer Harbor Terminal – Oakland, CA; and Point Potrero Marine Terminal – San Francisco (Richmond), CA = 130 acres

    38. Port of Alaska – Anchorage, AK = 125 acres

    39-40. Trapac Marine Terminal – Oakland, CA and Midwest Terminal – Toledo, OH = 123 acres

    41. Balzano Marine Terminal – Philadelphia (Camden, NJ), PA = 122 acres

    42. Clure Public Marine Terminal – Duluth, MN = 120 acres

    43.. Husky Terminal – Tacoma, WA = 118 acres

    44. Tioga Marine Terminal – Philadelphia, PA = 116 acres

    45. Nashville Avenue Terminal – New Orleans, LA = 103 acres

    46. Puerto Nuevo Terminal – San Juan, PR = 100 acres

    Blount Island Marine Terminal – Source: bizjournals.com

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    North America’s largest container terminals

    Garden City Container Terminal – Source: railwayage.com The following list identifies the largest marine terminals specifically developed (or being developed) as container terminals at seapor…

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    Working list: World’s tallest seaport cranes

    High profile S-T-S crane in the raised boom position – Source: liftech.net

    All the cranes listed are ship-to-shore (STS) designs unless otherwise indicated in parentheses next to the height of the crane. The minimum height for inclusion on the list is 200 feet. In many cases, there are multiple cranes of the same size at the same seaport.

    Enormous gantry crane in Rostock, Germany

    Please note that whenever possible the fully raised boom-up height is used, though in some cases the superstructure height may only be shown. Variations in height depend on a number of factors including harbor/channel depth (impacting ship sizes), bridge clearance, seaport specialization, the use of low-profile cranes, and even proximity to the flight paths of nearby airports.

    Traditional shipyard gantry crane in Turku, Finland

    If a seaport is listed more than once, it may be different types of cranes, different generations of cranes being represented, or the locational requirements necessitate an alternate size. As more information becomes available, additional cranes will be added. As always, any additions, corrections, or suggestions are most welcome. Peace!

    Source: tots.upol.cz/pdfs/tot/2013/01/02.pdf

    = Known height

    ~ Estimated height is based on outreach, height above ground, and approx. raised angle

    *Identified gantry cranes below, are strictly traditional gantry cranes, not STS cranes perched upon a gantry.

    S-T-S Crane in Newark, NJ – Source: container-mag.com

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  • Newark, NJ, USA (2014) = 561 feet
  • 2. Rostock, Germany (2019) = 538 feet (gantry)

    3-4. Newark, NJ, USA (2022) and Elizabeth, NJ, USA (2022) = 492 feet

    5-6. Tangier, Morocco (2018) = 472 feet and Antwerp, Belgium (2021) ~ 472 feet

    7. Ashdod, Israel (2022) = 461 feet

    8. Gdansk, Poland (2025) = 459 feet

    9-11. Dubai/Jebel Ali, UAE (2014); London Gateway, England (2013) = 453 feet and Ulsan “Tears of Malmo”, South Korea (1974) = 453 feet (gantry) – originally installed in Malmo, Sweden

    12-14. Baltimore, MD, USA (2021) and Vancouver/Deltaport, BC, Canada (2015) = 450 feet and San Francisco/Hunter’s Point, CA, USA (1947) = 450 feet (gantry) – historic and decommissioned)

    15. Norfolk, VA, USA (2019) = 446 feet

    16. Bremerhaven, Germany (2021) = 443 feet

    17. Oakland, CA, USA (2021) = 442 feet

    18. Tema, Ghana (2019) = 440 feet

    19-20. Lisbon, Portugal (2017) = 436 feet and Yantai, China (ca 2008) = 436 feet (gantry)

    21. Tacoma, WA, USA (2018) = 434 feet

    22. Liverpool, England (2019) = 433 feet

    23-25. Rotterdam, Netherlands; Southampton, England (2018); and Antwerp, Belgium (2015) = 427 feet

    26. Tampa, FL, USA (2023) = 425 feet

    27. Columbo, Sri Lanka (2024) = 417 feet

    28. Abu Dhabi/Khalifa, UAE (2015) = 415 feet

    29. Southampton England (2014) = 413 feet

    30. Panama City, Panama (2025) ~ 412 feet

    31. Miami, FL, USA (Cranes 13-16) ~ 410 feet

    32. Vancouver, BC, Canada = 407 feet

    33-34. Gioia Tauro, Italy (2024); Piraeus, Greece (2020); and Le Harve, France (2020) ~ 405 feet

    35. Freeport, Bahamas (2011) = 404 feet

    36. Pattaya City/Laem Chabang, Thailand (2024) ~ 402 feet

    37-40. Hamburg, Germany (2024); Stockholm, Sweden; = 394 feet; Long Beach, CA, USA (2023) ~ 394 feet and Turku, Finland (2018) = 394 feet (gantry)

    41. Philadelphia, PA, USA (2019) = 391 feet

    42-43. Miami, FL, USA (Cranes 11-12: 2005) and Haiphong, Vietnam (2024) ~ 386 feet

    44. Saint John, NB, Canada (2023) = 377 feet

    45. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2020) ~ 373 feet

    46. Sines, Portugal (2024) ~ 366 feet

    47. Rijeka, Croatia (2025) ~ 365 feet

    48. Lagos/Lekki, Nigeria (2023) ~ 364 feet

    49. Mombasa, Kenya (2018) = 361 feet

    50-51. Houston, TX, USA (2015) and Charleston, SC, USA ~ 360 feet

    52. Halifax, NS, Canada (2023) ~ 356 feet

    53. Brisbane, Australia (2006) = 354 feet

    54. Melbourne, Australia (2023) ~ 351 feet

    55-56. Belfast “Samson”, Northern Ireland (1974) and Saint Nazaire, France (2022) = 348 feet (both gantry)

    57. Manzanillo, Mexico ~ 347 feet

    58. Kochi, India = 344 feet (gantry)

    59-61. Valparaiso, Chile (2018); Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Ngqura, South Africa (2014); and Kribi, Cameroon (2024) ~ 341 feet

    62-63. Anchorage, Alaska (2015) = 340 feet and San Juan, PR, USA (2017) ~ 340 feet

    64. Mobile, AL, USA ~ 333 feet

    65-66. Haifa, Israel (2021) = 329 feet and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2020) ~ 329 feet (gantry)

    67. Riga, Latvia (2020) = 328 feet

    68. Los Angeles, CA, USA = 325 feet (boom down height)

    69. Szczecin, Poland (2023) = 322 feet

    70. Seattle, WA, USA (2023) = 316 feet (boom down height)

    71. Belfast “Goliath”, Northern Ireland (1969) = 315 feet (gantry)

    72. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2022) ~ 314 feet – acquired from Virginia

    73. Santos, Brazil (2024) = 308 feet and San Antonio, Chile (2022) ~ 308 feet

    74. New York City, NY, USA (2004/increased in 2023) ~ 307 feet

    75. Savannah, GA, USA (2023) = 306 feet

    76. Ba’ Rja, Vietnam (2020) = 305 feet

    77. Saint Nazaire, France (2013) = 302 feet (gantry)

    78-79. Long Beach, CA, USA and La Ciotat, France (1969) = 300 feet (both gantry)

    80. Miami, FL, USA (Cranes 4-6: 1980s) ~ 296 feet

    81-83. Savannah, GA, USA (2023); Istanbul, Turkiye (2022); and Genoa/Vado Ligure, Italy (2018) = 295 feet

    84. Los Angeles, CA, USA (2024) ~ 294 feet (boom down height)

    85. Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland (2024) = 292 feet

    86. Buenos Aires, Argentina (2012) ~ 288 feet

    87-89. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Ngqura, South Africa (2012/2018); Durban, South Africa (2012); and Cape Town, South Africa (2012) ~ 286 feet

    90. Gothenburg “Erisberg”, Sweden (1969) = 276 feet (historic gantry)

    91-92. Houston, TX, USA and Auckland, New Zealand (2019) = 270 feet

    93. Alicante, Spain (2021) ~ 267 feet

    94-95. Prince Rupert, BC, Canada (2007) = 262 feet and Montreal, QC, Canada (2020) ~ 262 feet

    96. Marseille, France = 259 feet

    97. Salalah, Oman (2025) = 252 feet

    98. New Orleans, LA, USA (2021) = 250 feet

    99. Tampico/Altamira, Mexico (2009) ~ 244 feet

    100. Newport News, VA, USA (2018) = 241 feet (gantry)

    101. Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadalupe (2019) = 223 feet

    102-103. Jacksonville, FL, USA (2018) = 220 feet and Venice, Italy (2020) = 220 feet (gantry)

    104. Sydney, Australia ~ 219 feet

    105. Jiangsu, China (2014) = 213 feet (gantry)

    106. Boston, MA, USA (2021) = 205 feet (height limited by Logan Airport flight path)

    S-T-S cranes being delivered to Tacoma, WA, USA

    More information needed:

    • Alexandria, Egypt
    • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Bangkok, Thailand
    • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Busan, South Korea
    • Callao, Peru
    • Cartagena, Colombia
    • Chennai, India
    • Chittagong, Bangladesh
    • Constanta, Romania
    • Da Nang, Vietnam
    • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Doraleh, Djibouti
    • Fremantle, Australia
    • Havana, Cuba
    • Hong Kong, China
    • Immingham, England
    • Incheon, South Korea
    • Izmir, Turkiye
    • Kaoshiung, Taiwan
    • Karachi, Pakistan
    • Kingston Upon Hull, England
    • Kobe, Japan
    • Luanda, Angola
    • Malmo, Sweden
    • Mumbai, India
    • Tallinn/Muuga, Lithuania
    • Odesa, Ukraine
    • Osaka, Japan
    • Penang, Malaysia
    • Pointe Noire, Congo
    • Port Said, Egypt
    • Shanghai, China
    • St. Petersburg, Russia
    • Tampico, Mexico
    • Tokyo, Japan
    • Valencia, Spain
    • Veracruz, Mexico
    • Vldavostok, Russia
    • Yokohama, Japan

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