The research is aimed at finding rational values of container terminal parameters. Lifting and transport machines are compared with each other from the position of storage area capacity. The results allow estimating the terminal throughput capacity depending on the technical equipment of the site and the storage period of containers. The aim of the research is to improve the search for rational values of the container terminal parameters. Due to the given research mathematical models of the interrelation of the fundamental values of parameter sites of the basic storage of the container terminal equipped with reach stacker offered by Kalmar companies. Dependencies of a platform capacity on length of a storage site are resulted. Also in research results of processing ability of the container terminal in a year are resulted.