Military Ocean Terminal
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Military Ocean Terminals are operated by the U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
(SDDC) for distribution of surface cargo from storage and repair depots to military forward based units.
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
SDDC provides ocean terminal, commercial ocean liner service and traffic management services to deploy, sustain and redeploy U.S. forces on a global basis. The command is responsible for surface transportation and is the interface between DOD shippers and the commercial transportation carrier...
(SDDC) for distribution of surface cargo from storage and repair depots to military forward based units.
Current facilities
- Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), California (formerly Concord Naval Weapons StationConcord Naval Weapons StationConcord Naval Weapons Station was a military base established in 1942 north of the city of Concord, California at the shore of the Sacramento River where it widens into Suisun Bay. The station functioned as a World War II armament storage depot, supplying ships at Port Chicago...
) - Military Ocean Terminal Sunny PointMilitary Ocean Terminal Sunny PointMilitary Ocean Terminal Sunny Point is the largest military terminal in the world. It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for United States Army...
(MOTSU), North Carolina
Former and closed facilities
- Military Ocean TerminalMilitary Ocean Terminal at BayonneMilitary Ocean Terminal at Bayonne was a U.S. military ocean terminal located in the Port of New York and New Jersey which operated from 1942 to 1999. The site is on Upper New York Bay south of Port Jersey on the eastern side of Bayonne, New Jersey. Since its closure it has undergone maritime,...
(MOTBY), Bayonne, New Jersey - Military Ocean Terminal, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area (MOTBA)