Port of Philadelphia marks one year as Strategic Seaport.Philadelphia's Packer Avenue Marine Terminal shows continued support for military cargo movement since the port was designated a Strategic Seaport by the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command a year ago. Members of the 841st Transportation Battalion used the port to its fullest during an October movement of more than 60 helicopters and hundreds of vehicles bound for Southwest Asia Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. Since October 2003, nearly 12,000 pieces of equipment went through the port on 13 vessels for deployments and redeployments supporting the War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . More than 2,500 pieces of equipment alone were staged and loaded onto three vessels in this latest mission. The variety of helicopters and vehicles for this deployment came from Fort Dix Fort Dix, U.S. army training center, 32,000 acres (12,950 hectares), central N.J., SE of Trenton; est. 1917 as Camp Dix and named for U.S. statesman John A. Dix. In 1939 it was made a permanent garrison and renamed Fort Dix. . N.J; Fort Drum Fort Drum may refer to:
Port authorities port authorities npl → autoridades fpl portuarias worked hard to meet military requirements while continuing to conduct brisk commercial shipping operations. "The Philadelphia port has accommodated us rather well in terms of the amount of space we needed." said Lt. Col. Paul Ernst, commander of the 841 st Transportation Battalion. "Space has not been an issue," he said. "Since October 2003, we've been able to stand this port up and move cargo without any showstoppers because of the support we receive from port officials." The working relationship at the port is "phenomenal," said Maj. Chris Hardin, commander of the 956th Transportation Company. "When schedules change, port representatives work closely with us to make both commercial and military movements work out," said Hardin. "They offer solutions instead of laying logistical problems on our laps for us to solve." Hundreds of vehicles arrived throughout this mission requiring additional area for staging while commercial cargo activity flourished and competed for space. "The port knew we were constrained on space and knew we had three vessels coming in close together," said Hardin. "They worked to get us an additional 50 acres of staging area." Hardin said that's a great benefit because the military always needs more staging space. It's also a cost savings because the port did not charge any additional fees. "Here we are a year later uploading more than 60 helicopters," said Hardin. "Port officials are learning how the military works plus they're doing well with providing much needed staging space." The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command manages military movements for Department of Defense at numerous ports around the world, including 15 U.S. commercial ports that are designated as Strategic Sea Ports. The Port of Anchorage The Port of Anchorage is the most active port in the U.S. state of Alaska, through which 95% of all cargo in and out of Alaska passes. It is located just north of Ship Creek near downtown Anchorage. was the latest commercial port to join the ranks of Strategic Seaports earlier this year. Mitch Chandran, Public Affairs Specialist SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction Headquarters |
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