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container port

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport

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6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: terminal de contenidors — container port
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貨櫃碼頭 /货柜码头 (huòguì mǎtóu) — container port
  • Finnish: konttisatama — container port
  • German: Containerhafen — container port
  • Norman: cauchie ès cont'neurs — container port
  • Norwegian Bokmål: containerhavn — container port