4. The first ever container port in the world opened in New Jersey
On August 15, 1962, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey opened the first-ever container port in the world, Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Today, the port serves as the second half of the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal. Currently, Port Elizabeth is APM Terminal‘s largest terminal on the east coast of North America.
In addition, it offers the largest reefer capacity in the Port of New York and New Jersey, with its four ZPMC post-Panamax cranes capable of handling vessels up to 23 containers wide on-deck. It is located around one mile off exit 13A on the New Jersey Turnpike.
