Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a key terminal as well as a growing container facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Strategically located in the northwest corner of the Borough of Staten Island in New York City, the terminal developed by the City of New York. It was leased by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1985. In 2001, The Port Authority purchased an additional 124 acres, a former Proctor & Gamble property known as Port Ivory for future development
New York Container Terminal Inc. operates a container terminal on the original 187-acre site. The Port Authority is constructing a 39-acre intermodal rail terminal on a section of the Port Ivory tract, and is currently leasing some of the Port Ivory property for warehousing and distribution uses.
| Operator |
New York Container Terminal Inc (NYCT) |
| Address
|
300 Western Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10303
Tel: (718) 273-7000
Fax: (718) 273-7050 |
| Terminal
Area |
187 acres/75.7 hectares |
| Entrance
Gate |
North Washington Ave & Western Avenue |
| Primary
Cargo Type |
Containers, general cargo, breakbulk |
| Length
of Ship Berth |
3,000 feet/914 meters |
| Depth at
Dock |
42 feet MLW/12.8 meters for 2,300 feet of berth.
37 feet/10.7 meters for 700 feet of berth. |
| Container Cranes |
412,000 sq. ft. include deep-freeze, refrigerated, U.S. Customs iinspection, AQI. |
| Stuffing and Stripping Facilities |
4 IHI- 40-ton
2 Paceco- 45 Ðton
4 Liebher |
| Intermodal |
On-dock rail connection, terminal operated intermodal service |
| Maintenance and Repair |
Full maintenance/repair facilities
Roadability inspection station
477 reefer plug slots. |
| Equipment |
Yard tractors
Toploaders-45 ton, empty handlers
Forklifts- 10 ton to 30-ton
Hi-Los-3-ton to 5-ton |
| Storage Facilities |
47 acres of open container storage; one 64,000 -square foot temperature-controlled storage building. |
| Computer Access |
State-of-the-art integrated terminal control system with fully automated, paperless gates |
