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Export Finance and Analytical Tools

Great Export Opportunities
at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal

D & D Distribution Services
Receives ISO Certification

PRPA Exhibits at World Trade Center
of Central Pennsylvania’s International Trade Conference

PRPA Tenant Penn Warehousing and Distribution Announces New Web Sites!

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Welcomes First Hyundai/Kia Vessel to the Port of Philadelphia

Port Fact

PRPA facilities provide nine container gantry cranes, including two Post-Panamax cranes, and one of the largest heavy-lift gantry cranes (375 tons / 340.1 m. tons) on the US East Coast. Tioga Marine Terminal and Pier 82 each have the use of dedicated Liebherr mobile harbor cranes capable of 103mt lifts for breakbulk or 39.9mt lifts for containers.

Photo of the Month

“Philadelphia longshoremen discharge Hyundai SUVs from the car-carrying vessel “Hyundai 203.” This is the first of 7 vessels in August bringing Hyundai’s and Kia’s to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority expects over 100 such vessel calls over the next year.”

Philadelphia History Facts

The Liberty Bell is 2,080 pounds.

The first U.S. stock exchange was established in the U.S. city of Philadelphia.

Town Nicknames: City Of Penn, City Of Homes, Quakertown, Quaker City, City Of Brotherly Love.

The John Barry Monument (Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA) is dedicated to the man considered to be the father of the U.S. military branch of the Navy.


PRPA Green Scene	TWIC Information	Proud Member of the Richmond Corridor Association

John H. Estey, Esq., Chairman
James T. McDermott Jr., Executive Director
Robert C. Blackburn, Senior Deputy Executive Director
John F. Dempsey, Deputy Executive Director