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This facility, located in the town of Mount Pleasant, handles container vessels of all size on 3,800-foot (1,158 m) of berth at a depth of MLW of 45-foot (14 m). The 400-acre (2 km) facility features 20,074 grounded and 3,417 wheeled container slots with 1,274 reefer slots.
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