Port of Wilmington, Delaware

The Port of Wilmington is a major food port for the nation. It receives the largest volume of bananas, fresh fruit, and juice concentrate in North America. The Port has also become the largest East Coast export hub for cattle. With the combined operations of Dole and Chiquita (the two biggest banana companies in the world), the Port of Wilmington handles nearly one million tons of bananas a year, making it the second-largest banana port in the world after Antwerp. Citrosuco, a Brazilian company that is the world’s leading orange juice producer and shipper, operates the largest dockside juice terminal in the USA here.