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_______
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.comSOURCES:
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