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February 2009 TrucKers News 27 double the current capacity. Terminal operators and state officials have planned ahead for the completion of the Panama Canal widening project, too. If you look at our position relative to the Canal, we're in the perfect location, says Clark. There are dredging projects that are planned with more on the way to widen and deepen the channel to our terminal here to accommodate the largest ships. The channel is deep and wide enough now, but it's something that hasn't been improved. We have a 45-foot deep channel up to us. Our berths in both directions are 45 feet. Our two ship-to-shore cranes are post-Panamax cranes they can reach 18 containers wide on a ship, and that will be the allowable width of the Canal through the locks. Visit for more information. Land-side view from the operator's level on one of two post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes serving the Mobile Container Terminal. The unbroken ground on the left, currently serving the concrete batch plant for the Phase 2 yard paving project, says terminal Director Brian Clark, will represent Phase 3 in the coming years. Todd d ills Percent change Port Traffic in TEUs from 2006 1. Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,355,039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1.4% 2. Long Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,316,465 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +0.4% 3. New York/New Jersey . . . . 5,299,105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4.1% 4. Savannah, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . 2,604,312 . . . . . . . . . . . . .+20.6% 5. Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,388,182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.1% 6. Vancouver, B.C. . . . . . . . . . 2,307,289 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4.5% 7. Hampton Roads, Va. . . . . . 2,128,366 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4.0% 8. Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,973,504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.7% 9. Tacoma, Wash . . . . . . . . . . .1,924,934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6.9% 10. Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,768,627 . . . . . . . . . . . . .+10.1% 11. Charleston, S.C. . . . . . . . . 1,754,376 . . . . . . . . . . . . .-10.9% ... 16. Port Everglades, Fla . . . . . .948,687 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.8% 17. Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .884,945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9.4% ... 28. New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . .250,649 . . . . . . . . . . . . .+42.4% ... 31. Gulfport, Miss . . . . . . . . . . .206,622 . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4.7% ... 37. Mobile, Ala . . . . . . . . . . . . .118,699 . . . . . . . . . . . . .+48.3% Mobile saw the biggest percentage increase year-over-year from 2006 to 2007, but it still lags behind its competition for container movement. With the opening of the new container terminal at Choctaw Point, watch for its numbers to grow. Source: AmericAn ASSociAtion of Port AuthoritieS Top year 2007 North american Container Ports