Container port

Alternatively, the transshipment may be between land vehicles, typically between train and truck, in which case the terminal is described as an inland container port.

On April 26, 1956, the Ideal X was rigged for an experiment to use standardized cargo containers that were stacked and then unloaded to a compatible truck chassis at Port Newark.

It is common for cargo that arrives to a container port in a single ship to be distributed over several modes of transportation for delivery to inland customers.

[3] The further container terminal, in April 2015, such APM Terminal Maasvlakte II, that adapts the advanced technology of remotely-controlled STS gantry cranes and conceptions of sustainability, renewable energy, and zero carbon dioxide emission.

For a detailed description and a comprehensive list of references see, e.g., the operations research literature.

Bremerhaven container port
Intermodal terminal in Garden City, Georgia at the Port of Savannah .
Shanghai Port is the world's busiest maritime container port
Pier T Container Terminal in Long Beach, California , U.S. with intermodal rail in the foreground and gantry cranes behind that