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container port
noun[ C ]
uk /kənˈteɪ.nə ˌpɔːt/ us /kənˈteɪ.nɚ ˌpɔːrt/
a port that is designed to move and store containers(= very large metal boxes containing goods):
Kobe was once the sixth-largest container port in the world.
Container ports are growing, but cannot hold on to all the non-container cargoes they have.
Shanghai is the world's busiest container port.
Fewer than 2 percent of the containers passing through US container ports are physically inspected.
It continues to be one of the fastest-growing container ports in the world.
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