Terminal guide
Port Liberty New York (Howland Hook)
Staten Island's container gate — Howland Hook to everyone who's run it longer than a rebrand cycle.
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Port Liberty New York at Howland Hook has carried three names in a working lifetime — New York Container Terminal, GCT New York, and now Port Liberty New York under CMA CGM ownership. It remains the only container terminal on the New York side of the harbor's main gateway pair, sitting on Staten Island's northwest shore.
For New York-destined freight, Howland Hook can save a bridge and real city miles versus the Jersey gates. Appointments run on PortTruckPass; the terminal publishes its own empty-acceptance list.
Trucker notes
- Three legacy names appear on paperwork — Howland Hook, NYCT, GCT New York. They are all this gate.
- For Brooklyn / Long Island deliveries, compare Howland Hook routing against Jersey-gate routing before assuming; the bridge math changes with traffic and tolls.
- Check the terminal's own empty-acceptance list before returns; it is the authoritative document.
How we run this gate
We serve Port Liberty New York for imports, exports, and empties, and quote Staten Island routing against the Jersey alternatives honestly — whichever gate makes your move cheaper and faster is the one we book.
Common questions
- Is Howland Hook the same as Port Liberty New York?
- Yes — the Staten Island terminal historically called Howland Hook (later New York Container Terminal, then GCT New York) is now Port Liberty New York.
- What appointment system does Port Liberty New York use?
- Truck appointments run through PortTruckPass, the same system as Port Liberty Bayonne.
- Where is the empty acceptance list?
- Port Liberty New York publishes an empty-acceptance list on its own website; our dispatch verifies it before every empty return.
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