Overview

San Diego is the only major West Coast port combining all the assets of a great natural, all-weather harbor and extensive on-dock distribution facilities with the resultant elimination of the expense of local drayage from on-dock to off-dock warehouses.

This provides the importer with a competitive advantage over all other West Coast ports. Principal inbound cargoes are perishables and refrigerated commodities, fertilizer, cement, breakbulk commodities, and forest products (including newsprint, cut paper and cut sheet stock). Primary export cargoes include refrigerated cargo, breakbulk and bulk commodities. Dole Fresh Fruit Company is a tenant of the terminal, importing 185 million bananas every month.

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Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal Description

Features and Highlights:

96 Acres, Maximum Channel Depth of 43 feet
8 berths
Bulk Loader, Automated Silo Complex
State-of-the-Art On-Dock Cold Storage Facility
Mobile Harbor Crane (lift capacity 100 metric tons)
U.S. Customs and USDA inspection services
24-hour operations and terminal security
Strategic Port

Size and Space

300,000 square feet of refrigerated, frozen on-dock space
1,000,000 square feet of warehouses and transit sheds
25 acres of paved open space for laydown of steel and project cargo

Vehicle, Breakbulk, and Heavy Lift Capacity

Experience handling perishables and other specialty breakbulk, including cement, steel, windmill parts, vehicles

Loading/Handling

Streamlined track configuration
Efficient railcar and truck loading
Rail service to Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Proximity

Direct access to rail and three major interstate highways (Interstates 5, 8 and 15)
Less than 20 miles (32 kms.) from the U.S./Mexico International Border

Labor

Strong partnership with International Longshore and Warehouse Union provides and available skilled labor force