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The present-day Port of Pensacola occupies approximately 50 acres of landfill at the southern terminus of [[Barracks Street]] in [[downtown Pensacola]], on the site of the former [[Commendencia Street Wharf|Commendencia Street]] and [[Tarragona Street Wharf|Tarragona Street]] wharves. The Port has eight berths, 265,000 square feet of warehouse space, and on-dock rail service. The importance of Pensacola as a port city declined significantly over the latter half of the 20th century with the introduction of [[Wikipedia:Containerization|containerization]] to the shipping industry. Other Gulf ports such as New Orleans, Mobile, and Tampa, which can handle containerized traffic, have eclipsed the Port of Pensacola, which cannot. The decline in traffic has resulted in significant, sustained financial losses for the Port. Accordingly, the future of the Port has become a political issue, with groups such as [[Take Back the Port]] advocating its closure.