Port of Wilmington (Delaware)

Port of Wilmington
The Port of Wilmington as seen from Interstate 495 on July 9, 2011.
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Location
Country	United States
Location	Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°43′06″N 75°31′25″W / 39.71833°N 75.52361°W / 39.71833; -75.52361 (Port of Wilmington (Delaware))
UN/LOCODE	USILG[1]
Details
Opened	1923
Operated by	Port Wilmington
Owned by	Diamond State Port Corporation
Land area	308 acres (1.25 km2)
No. of berths	10 (general cargo × 7, petroleum × 1, floating RoRo × 1, auto and RoRo × 1)
Chief Executive Officer	Joe Cruise
Cargo handling	3 gantry cranes (50-ton cap. × 2, 75-ton cap. × 1)
Dry storage facilities	50 acres (0.20 km2) open space; 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) dry warehouse space
Temperature controlled storage facilities	6 warehouses (800,000 square feet (74,000 m2) chilled/freezer storage; 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) controlled atmosphere storage)
Statistics
Vessel arrivals	624 (2018)
Annual cargo tonnage	6,603,444 (2018)
Annual container volume	384,641 (2018)
Annual liquid bulk petroleum	1,409,000 tons (CY2009)
Main imports/exports	Fresh fruit, bananas, juice concentrate, automobiles, steel, forest products, livestock, petroleum
Website http://www.portofwilmington.com

The Port of Wilmington (formerly Wilmington Marine Terminal^[2]) is a deep-water port located at the confluence of the Christina River and the Delaware River in Wilmington, Delaware, 65 miles (105 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. The port has been ranked as the top North American port for imports of fresh fruit, bananas, and juice concentrate, and as having the largest dock-side cold storage facility.^[3]