Social Studies Day2010

“Port of Wilmington Mapping Activity”

Exploring Delaware’s Economic Connections with the World

FACILITY MAP

SHIPPING SCHEDULE

Getting to know the PORT

• The Port of Wilmington– full-service deepwater port and marine terminal – Over 400 vessels per year– Annual import/export cargo tonnage of over 4 million tons. – Busiest terminal on the Delaware River.– Since 1923

• Major Mid-Atlantic import/export gateway

• Where is it?– Confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers – 65 miles from the Atlantic Ocean

• Who Runs it?– Port is owned and operated by the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC)

• a corporate entity of the State of Delaware.

 

# 1 Port in North America for:

• Imports of Fresh Fruit

• Imports of Bananas

• Imports of Juice Concentrate

• Largest Dock-Side Cold  Storage

Facility

IDEAL LOCATION

Wilmington: An Ideal Location

• Strategic gateway to world markets.  

• The heart of the U.S. East Coast

• Provides shippers with overnight access to every major market.       

DESCRIPTION 

• A variety of break bulk and bulk cargos move through the Port:– forest products – steel – bulk materials– petroleum products. – In recent years:

• popular gateway for special projects and livestock shipments.

FRESH FRUIT

• World's largest banana port• Nation's leading gateway for imports of fresh fruit and

produce

• Dole Fresh Fruit Company and Chiquita Fresh North America have made Wilmington their Home-Port calling – Bananas once a week, YEAR ROUND– December to April we handle Chilean table grapes,

plums, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears.– Spring months the arrival of fresh apples, and

pears and kiwifruit from Chile and New Zealand.   – Popular Moroccan Clementines in the fall

DOLE SHIPPING SCHEDULE

• Dole Ocean Cargo Express – A Port of Wilmington customer since 1982, and in

1998 renewed its contract with the port for an additional 10 years.

• In January 2000– Dole's inaugurated the M/V Dole Chile and M/V

Dole Colombia to support the weekly ship calls from Central America to Wilmington, carrying 1000 refrigerated containers each.

AUTOMOBILES

• Successful import/export Automotive port for over 30 years.

• In 2007, over 111,000 import/export vehicles crossed Wilmington's docks for:

• Volkswagen, Audi, & General Motors

• Automobile shippers enjoy:– Secure and clean storage and processing facilities.

DRY BULK

• Salt

CATTLE and LIVESTOCK