With an estimated 250 container shipping lines world-wide, many carriers are left out.

The transition to container shipping, which moved most shipping to Oakland, led to further decline.

The nation's first facility for container shipping, which became the prototype, opened in 1958.

She also promised $750,000 to help dredge the harbor to increase container shipping.

Growth rates in container shipping are expected to at least remain at the present 7% per year.

With the arrival of container shipping, that industry shifted to New Jersey where there was more room for it.

The port is modernizing aging piers and acquiring land for the growth of container shipping.

The dock now serves bulk grain, coal and from the 1960s, some container shipping.

Swanson Dock was constructed between 1966 and 1972 equipped for modern container shipping.

The dock fell into disuse as container shipping came into use.