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Feedback from the First Working Group Meeting

Thursday, September 29, 2016

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Port Definitions

  • One or more facilities or terminals under the purview of an organized navigation district or port authority
  • Contiguous facilities under the operation of a single entity
  • Each individual port location that unloads and loads cargo in one specific location
  • Defined and categorized by terminal type and size, and not by port
  • Use the geographic jurisdiction of a port authority
  • Don’t confuse ports with terminals and facilities