Red Hook Container Terminal Explained

The Red Hook Marine Terminal is an intermodal freight transport facility in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, on the Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The maritime facility handles container ships and bulk cargo and includes a container terminal.^{[1] [2] [3]} The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) bought the piers in the 1950s when there was still much break bulk cargo activity in the port. The container terminal was built in the 1980s.^[4]

There are two active container cranes along 2,080 feet berth, 3,140 feet of breakbulk berth space, two major bulk-handling yards, and approximately 400,000 square feet of warehouse.^[5] In October 2011 the PANYNJ took over operations at the site.^{[6] [7]} In 2011, the terminal handled 110,000 containers.^[8] Red Hook Container Terminal LLC operates the terminal on the Port Authority's behalf in an agreement set to end in 2018.^{[9] [10]} Nearly all labor on the terminal is supplied by Local 1814 of the International Longshoremans Association union.^[11]

See also

• Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
• Howland Hook Marine Terminal
• Port Jersey Marine Terminal
• Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
• South Brooklyn Marine Terminal
• Geography of New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary

External links

• Port Authority site on Howland Hook
• New York Container Terminal, Inc.
• Red Hook Container Terminal LLC

Notes and References

1. News: Shipping is up in Brooklyn, but Future is Shaky. The New York Times. 29 June 2006. Bagli. Charles V..
2. New York City Office of the Mayor . May 3, 2000 . City Purchases New Container Cranes for Brooklyn's Red Hook Container Terminal . 2011-10-29.
3. Web site: Red Hook Container Terminal . American Stevedoring Inc. . 2011-10-29.
4. News: Fiala . George . Are the Red Hook cranes headed to Sunset Park? by George . Red Hook Star-Revue . January 21, 2015 . 2015-02-25.
5. Web site: Red Hook Container Terminal . Seaports Publications Group . 2011-10-28.
6. News: NY-NJ Port Authority Buys Out Terminal Lease . Peter T. . Leach . The Journal of Commerce . October 27, 2011 . 2011-10-29.
7. News: Upgrade due on the waterfront . Gary . Buiso . New York Post . October 22, 2011 . 2011-10-29.
8. News: Deal Preserves Red Hook Port's Customs Inspections . The New York Times . Christine . Haughney . 2012-04-05.
9. Web site: Home . redhookterminal.com.
10. Web site: Red Hook cranes could be history. Michael. Cobb. 4 June 2017. Red Hook Star-Revue.
11. News: November 1, 2011 . ILA 1814 President Louis Pernice Says Shipping Continues Here for 20 Years . Red Hook Star-Revue.