Port Richmond

Last week we when to Port Richmond to view the ports.We was on this hot bus going on a tour of the ports. First we went to the Packer Ave port. Which is where they import car food and etc. There we the cranes and trucks used to haul the big boxes. this trip was one of the worst trips we went to its was very hot on that bus. then we all rode one but back to temple and everyone was loud and noises. Next week will be our last week together i ma miss everyone Facebook me Dizz AuthenticAffairs Joseph

Port Richmond

On Thursday we went to Port Richmond. We had a tour guide from the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority that took us to the area on the waterfront where they import and export goods. Many come from companies such as Hamburg, CGA, CNG and Sea Star. Our guide told us that meat and food goods are imported. Things like fruit, paper and everyday used items are imported. Sometimes even live stock such as animals. Most of the area is ran by heavy machinery. They use a two hundred foot crane to transport the crates onto the the cargo ships.

Last Friday, Augugst 6th, my group and I went on a trip to Port Richmond. After getting on the tour bus with no air conditioning I already had little faith that this trip would be fun. We were soon introduced to our tour guide Ryan who did a good job of informing us of how the entire operation works. Our first destination was to the Packer Ave Marine Terminal. We saw that vehicles from Japan were just unloaded and when we got to the Packer Ave port we saw that there was hundreds of huge containers. We were told that a variety of things get shipped in to this port like meats, pharmaceuticals, even animals and much more. While we were there we got to see the cranes load and unload cargo to and from a ship. After that we went and visited the Tioga Marine Terminal and saw that mainly fruit and vegetation comes to this port. There were also dozens of other ports and warehouses on the Delaware that served several different purposes of shipping like a paper mill and a cocoa bean warehouse.

PORT RICHMOND

The Port Richmond Visit was very Mind blowing. i did not know that many things were going on in this particular company. i learned a lot of things such as where most of the things are imported from , where things go & how they are stored. i Saw many boxes climbed on to each other stacked to the sky,and the workers doing there construction work. it Looked very interesting even though it was on a very very hot day. We learned alot about factories and companies and what they do on a daily basis.

Ports of Philadelphia

On Friday our group took tour of the ports that import through Philadelphia. Instead of walking we changed up and used a tour bus and guide. We looked at the ports and what came into them. All types of different exports came in. (examples) trains, cars, fruit, cattle, etc. We also looked at the equipment used to get the exports off the ships. There are giant cranes that take off the crates, machines to move the crates, and trucks to distribute the crates. Businesses hire people to make sure the cargo is handled correctly. There is machinery to handled other parts of this process like when cocoa beans (which is held in sacks) have metal in them in order to get more for the pound. There are machines to take them out. With all the info and seeing the ports in action, it looks like a well handled establishment. It would be helped by digging a deeper canal even if it hurts the environment.

Port Richmond

Thursday, August 5 we went on a trip to Port Richmond. We rode around on a hot shuttle bus that had no air conditioning with a person who works at the Philadelphia Port Authority. We learned how things are shipped in and out of Philadelphia and how they sort them out to go certain places. We went to the Tioga Marine and Packer Terminal where they ship fruits, cars and other things like McDonalds hamburger meat. I use to always ride pass them with my mother and wonder what it was and now I know.

-Danyelle <3

Portrichmond

On our trip to Port-Richmond was very boring and unnecessary because all we learned about was how the counter’s was shipped back and forth from there to another place. I really didn’t like it because it was a waste of time and it was unfair how ryan let the other to groups on the van with the air-condition and we had to get on the van with no air, and it felt like my group and I was bout to die until the nice van driver brought us all waters because we was without any air unless we was on the highway.