# Philadelphia (US PHL)

**UN/LOCODE:** US PHL  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 39.9500, -75.1333

Refrigerated fruit, meat and produce fill most of the boxes at Philadelphia (US PHL), which set a record of about 889,000 TEU in 2025. Some 64% of the port's containerised imports are perishables, much of it Chilean and Peruvian fruit. The Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, the main container facility some 130 km up the Delaware River, now offers more than 4,000 reefer plugs after Holt Logistics expanded its cold-chain capacity. Beyond reefers, Philadelphia handles automobiles via RoRo, forest products, steel and breakbulk. Inland reach runs on CSX and Norfolk Southern rail plus the I-95 and I-76 corridors toward the US Midwest. A full US customs port of entry, it clears CBP formalities, and a densification programme aims to lift Packer Avenue capacity to 1.2 million TEU by 2028. For higher container-service frequency, shippers still weigh New York/New Jersey or Baltimore.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Los Angeles → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shanghai)
- [Los Angeles → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shenzhen)
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- [Los Angeles → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-hong-kong)
- [Los Angeles → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-tokyo)
- [Los Angeles → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-busan)

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