Tampa port nearly doubles size of container terminal

FLORIDA's Port of Tampa has expanded its container cargo container terminal to 40 acres, nearly doubling the size of its previous 25 acre grounds.

The newly enlarged facility boasts three rail-mounted gantry cranes, a 100-ton mobile crane, a channel depth of 43 feet, and a berth-length of 2,100 feet, the Associated Press reported.

Port spokesman Andy Fobes said plans to further expand the terminal to 160 acres - which would allow for the handling of more than one million TEU - were also in the works.

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