PRPA - Tioga Marine Terminal

Operator

Delaware River Stevedores Inc. (215) 440-4100

Owner

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (215) 426-2600

Location

Delaware Avenue at Tioga Street, Philadelphia, PA

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Information

It has been largely at the Tioga Marine Terminal that, over the last 25 years, Philadelphia's Chilean fruit business has grown from a small, steady stream into the regional economic powerhouse it is today. At the northern portion of the facility, Tioga's gantry cranes and mobile harbor crane expertly handle containerized and breakbulk cargoes.

Specialized Cargoes	Containers, refrigerated fresh fruit, paper, plywood, autos, palletized, project, breakbulk, and steel
Terminal Area	116 acres (47 sq. hectares)
Number/Size of Berths	6 berths - 3,822 linear ft. (1,164 m.); 1 RO/RO
Depth at MLW	36 ft. (10.8 m.)
Number/Size of Storage Warehouses	5 sheds: 1 compartmented 300,000 sq. ft. warehouse: 150,000 sq. ft. refrigerated; 150,000 sq. ft. heated 1 cold storage - 90,000 sq. ft. (8,370 sq. m.) with racked storage for 6,000 pallets 1 heated storage - 97,500 sq. ft. (9,065.5 sq. m.) 1 dry - 40,000 sq. ft. 1 dry - 107,000 sq. ft.
Reefer Plugs	180
Cranes	2 Kocks container gantry cranes: each 45 short tons (40.9 metric tons) Hydraulic and mechanical mobile cranes available Liebherr Mobile Harbor Crane, Model LHM 400, 114 short ton (104 metric tons) heavy lift capacity. Container Spreader Capacity 44.8 short tons (40.6 metric tons)
Direct Transfer	Direct to truck/rail; LCL and FCL handling
Equipment	Electric forklifts; semi automatic spreaders; top lifters for containers; 3 toploaders - each 50 tons (45.4 metric tons) 4 fork lifts - each 30 tons 4 fork lifts - each 20 tons 10 yard hustlers Approximately 50 other forklifts of various capacities
Loading Docks	Canopied loading platforms for 100 trucks
Truck Gates	8 T.I.R. lanes, 3 with scales Computer system offering full EDI connectivity Truck turn times under 40 minutes
Highways	Immediate access to highways I-95 and I-76
Rail Connections	CP Rail System, CSX, Norfolk Southern
Other Features	Fumigation capabilities for 800,000 fruit boxes a day; trailer offices for customers; 2,000 ft. of rail siding for intermodal COFC transfer