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title: "Container Yard (CY)"
description: "A container yard (CY) is a physical facility from which ocean carriers accept and deliver ocean containers, as well as issue and receive back empty containers."
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canonical: https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/container-yard/
lifecycle: live
dateModified: 2026-08-20T06:44:07Z
topics:
  - "Port Congestion"
  - "Ocean Freight"
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# Container Yard (CY)

A container yard (CY) is a physical facility from which ocean carriers accept and deliver ocean containers, as well as issue and receive back empty containers.

## What is a container yard?

A container yard (CY) is a physical facility from which ocean carriers accept and deliver ocean containers, as well as issue and receive back empty containers.

Ocean sailings typically have a CY cut-off date by which the container must be delivered in order to be loaded onto the scheduled sailing.

![Aerial view of a container yard with thousands of stacked shipping containers in rows, served by orange gantry cranes alongside the water.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ynj1yl20/development/60690b6a87503fa90fc33991f218cea2cdf9d4e8-500x375.jpg)

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