1.14 Container Sea Ports

The operations of container seaport include four steps:

1. Ship-to-shore: stage when cargo is discharged
2. Transfer: cargo is unloaded to a temporal area
3. Storage: stage where containers are hold for a longer period of time
4. Delivery and receipt is the movement of delivery (clearance) of the cargo or receiving into the terminal

Figure 1.12: Operations of container seaport