PORT AT-A-GLANCE Port of Orange • Orange, TX Orange County Navigation & Port District Legal Name: Orange County Navigation and Port District 1201 Childers Road Draft: Deep Table of Contents Orange, Texas 77632 (409) 883-4363 Depth: 30 ft. channel www.portoforange.com Width: 200 ft. 1. Calhoun Port Authority Port Director 2. Port of Bay City Gene Bouillion Tonnage¹ 3. Port of Beaumont Quick Facts: The Port of Orange is 94,504 4. Port of BrownsvilleF oreign Trade Zone: #117 located on the Sabine- Neches waterway and is 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,0005. 100,000Port of Corpus Christi linked to the “Golden Triangle” ports which 6. Port Freeport include the Port of Port Arthur, Beaumont and
7. Port of Galveston Orange. This area has 8. Port of Harlingen become strategically more important to Texas Annual Economic Impact: $ 1.9 million9. Port of Houston ports growth since 2003. 10. Port of Port Isabel The Port of Orange has Top Commodities Connectivity acted as a successful 11. Port of Orange landlord port, On-site Marine Services which Rail complementing activities include: 12. Port of PalaciosOrange Port Terminal at larger ports on the Shipyards that can Railway providing Sabine-Neches channel.
accommodate new 13. Port of Portswitching Arthur service to It is also used for lay
construction Union Pacific and berthing. 14. Port of Port Mansfield Repairs of tugs, barges and agreement with BNSF.
offshore petroleum drilling 15. Port of Texas City
platforms Roadway Connection
Dry dock services for barges 16. Port of VictoriaSH 87
and tugs 17. Port of WestIH 10 Calhoun
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 8/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 2323 FM 1593 South Calhoun Port Authority • Point Comfort, TX Point Comfort, Texas www.calhounport.com Legal Name: Calhoun Port Authority (361) 987-2813 Draft: Deep Port Director Depth: 36ft. channel Charles R. Hausmann, Width: 200ft. CPA US Port Ranking: 48 Quick Facts : Total Tonnage The port plays a vital role in supporting Texas chemical manufacturing 11,589,123 Foreign Trade Zone: #155 industries and in building a stable economic 0 5000000 10000000 15000000 foundation for Calhoun County. It is served by the Matagorda Ship Channel
and the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway. 243 Ships 1000 790 Barges 500 A key part of this mix is very high value chemicals produced by area Vessel Calls (annual) Truck Traffic (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) industries and sold for including barge/tug calls public/private public/private export to markets around the world. Annual Economic Impact: $7 billion Direct Jobs 5,300 | Induced Jobs 4,590 The Port has:
Three liquid cargo Top Commodities Connectivity facilities
Rail • Chemicals • Point Comfort Northern Dry bulk dock that went • Fertilizers • Gulf Coast Rural Rail into full operation in • Petroleum Products District 2011. It can handle bulk • Bauxite carriers up to 740 ft. in
Roadway Connection length. The cargo handling system includes • US 59 a spiral conveyor • US 87 unloading tower that • SH 35 travels on dock rails to • SH 172 access each cargo hold and feed a continuous
conveyor system that
extends to nearby industrial sites
UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE P.O. Box 1426 Port of Bay City • Bay City, TX Bay City, TX 77404 Harbor Location: Legal Name: Port of Bay City Authority of Matagorda County, Texas SH 60 South & CR 213 Draft: Shallow (979) 245-5831 www.portofbaycity.com Depth: 12 ft. channel
Width: 200 ft. Port Chairman Mike Griffith Tonnage Handled Quick Facts: Matagorda Harbor is 2,014,623 located on the Intracoastal Waterway at 0 1000000 2000000 3000000 Texas mile 440, near superb bay and offshore fishing locations. The Port of Bay City offers: Connectivity The Port provides slips for The port facility consists of Roadway Connection approximately 260 pleasure boats, with approximately 300 acres of land FM 3057 limited slips and bulkhead available for industrial FM 2668 development and a terminal in a space available for SH 60 transient boats and there turning basin with a modern is short term commercial concrete dock, a metal shed dockage available for located on the dock and a liquid crew changes and loading cargo dock. of supplies for commercial barge traffic. The Colorado River Channel leading to the port facility is Matagorda Harbor is operated by the Port of approximately 200 feet in width Bay City Authority. with an average depth of 12 feet. Matagorda Harbor
opened in 1990 as part of The Port Turning Basin and the Mouth of the Colorado Terminal Facility are located 15 River Project, a joint miles upriver from the Colorado project by the U.S. Army River Locks on the Gulf Corps of Engineers and Intracoastal Waterway. the Port of Bay City
Authority. Matagorda Industrial Barge
Terminal which consists of 100
acres east of Matagorda Harbor
between the Intracoastal Canal
and South Gulf Road. The Port
has completed engineering plans
and permitting for the facility.
UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 1225 Main Street Port of Beaumont • Beaumont, TX Beaumont, TX 77704 (409) 835-5367 Legal Name: Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Tx www.portofbeaumont.com Draft: Deep Port Director & CEO Depth: 40 ft. channel David C. Fisher Width: 400 ft. th US Port Ranking: 6 in total tonnage (USACE 2012) Quick Facts: Tonnage Handled¹ The Port of Beaumont is a large cargo port located approximately Foreign Trade Zone: #115 73,700,000 84 miles east of Houston in Jefferson 0 20000000 40000000 60000000 80000000 County. It is accessible from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 14,705 through the Sabine- Neches ship channel and includes layberths for ships of the Maritime Vessel Calls (annual) Administration. including barge/tug calls
The Port recently Annual Economic Impact: $122.2 million² Direct Jobs 970 | Induced Jobs 730 completed a new state- of-the-art petroleum terminal that can Top Commodities Connectivity handle 120-car unit
Rail trains. The facility is capable of handling all Military equipment Three Class 1 rail roads types of US and Forest Products BNSF Canadian crude. Steel Kansas City Southern
Crude Oil Union Pacific The Port handles the Project Cargo largest volume of Aggregate Roadway Connection military cargo in the US. Bulk Grain IH 10 and is a military Potash US 90 strategic port within the
National Port
Readiness Network.
1. http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_57.html 2. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June 2014, pg.5 UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE Port of Brownsville 1000 Port of Brownsville • Brownsville, TX Foust Road Brownsville, TX 78521 Legal Name: Brownsville Navigation District (956) 831-4592 www.portofbrownsville.com Draft: Deep
Depth: 42ft. channel Width: 250ft. Port Director and CEO Eduardo Campirano US Port Ranking: 69th in total tonnage
Quick Facts: Tonnage Handled ¹ The Port of Brownsville is located at the southernmost tip of Texas 5,536,689 Foreign Trade Zone: #67 at the end of a 17-mile 5,536,689 channel that meets the 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 Gulf of Mexico at the 0 2000000 4000000 6000000 Brazos Santiago Pass. The Port sustains a vital ship recycling industry that works on 80 percent of 1,100 41,000 27,194 the ships recycled in the
U.S.
The Port of Brownsville Vessel Calls (annual) Truck Traffic (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) has: including barge/tug calls public/private public/private Approximately 40,000 Annual Economic Impact: $2,024.9 billion Direct Jobs 4,473 acres of land
Storage: 13 acres
covered, 65 acres open Top Commodities Connectivity
Rail 18 docks (12 cargo, 4 oil, Steel products 3 rail lines 1 liquid, 1 bulk) Hot and Cold Roll Union Pacific via Iron Ore terminal operator Petro Products BNSF via terminal Lubricants operator Kansas City Southern de Mexico into Mexico only
Roadway Connection IH 69 Heavy Weight Corridor
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 222 Power Street Port Corpus Christi • Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Legal Name: Port of Corpus Christi Authority (361) 882-5633 http://portofcorpuschristi.com/ Draft: Deep Depth: 45ft. channel Executive Director Width: 300ft. to 500 ft. John LaRue US Port Ranking: 5th largest in the U.S. for tonnage Quick Facts : The Port Corpus Christi Tonnage Handled (in millions) ¹ has been generating business and jobs in 88,699,849 Foreign Trade Zone : #122 South Texas for 86 years. Strategically located on 0 50000000 100000000 the western Gulf of Mexico, Port Corpus
Christi is the fifth largest port in the United States in total tonnage. 6,870 27,596 TTTheThehehe PPPorPororortttt oooffoffffffeeeerrrrssss::::
125+ acres of open storage Vessel Calls (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) and fabrication sites
including barge/tug calls public/private Heavy lift capabilities
Annual Economic Impact: $13.1 billion Direct Jobs 13,746 | Induced Jobs 15,607 295,000 sq. ft.+ of covered dockside storage
The Port is a military Top Commodities Connectivity strategic port within the
• Crude Oil Rail National Port Readiness
• Petrochemicals • Direct access to three Network • Petroleum Coke Class 1 railroads
• Grain • BNSF La Quinta Trade Gateway
• Kansas City Southern Terminal
• Union Pacific • Located on a 1,100 acre
Roadway Connection greenfield site
• IH 37 • Provides state-of-
• SH 35 the-art multi-
• US 181 purpose dock and
• Heavy Weight Corridor container facility
1. Texas Port Report , Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 200 W. Second St. Port Freeport • Freeport, TX Freeport, TX 77541 (972) 233-2667 www.portfreeport.com Legal Name: Port Freeport Draft: Deep Executive Director Depth: 45 ft. channel with 70 ft. berth available Glenn Carlson Width: 400 ft. th th US Port Ranking: 24 in foreign tonnage | 30 in total tonnage Quick Facts :
Tonnage Handled¹ Port Freeport land and operations currently include 186 acres of Foreign Trade Zone: #149 23,300,000 developed land and approximately 7,000 0 10000000 20000000 30000000 acres of undeveloped 2013 Total Container CargoCargo:: 100,816 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (T.E.U.s)² land, 18 operating berths (public and private
docks), and a climate-
controlled facility. 3,000 155,000 50,000 Recently, the Port received two Post Panamax Cranes that Vessel Calls (annual) Truck Traffic (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) are each approximately including barge/tug calls public/private public/private 80 feet wide, stand 300 feet from the ground and Annual Economic Impact: $17. 9 billion 13,362 Direct Jobs | 27,656 Induced Jobs can lift up to 75 tons. These cranes will
occupy Berth 7 at
Velasco Terminal. Top Commodities Connectivity Imports Exports Rail • Aggregate • Autos • One Class 1 rail line • Chemicals • Chemicals • Serviced by Union • Clothing • Clothing Pacific • Crude • Foods • Foods • Paper Roadway Connection • LNG Goods • SH 36 • Paper • Resins • SH 288 Goods • Rice • Heavy Weight Corridor • Resins • LNG
1. http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_57.html 2. Port of Freeport Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2013, pg. 61, http://www.portfreeport.com/annual_files/2013Report.pdf UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 123 Rosenberg Ave. Port of Galveston • Galveston, TX Galveston, TX 77550 www.portofgalveston.com (409) 766-6105 Legal Name: Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves Draft: Deep Port Director Depth: 45ft. channel Michael Mierzwa Width: 1,200ft. US Port Ranking: 4th busiest cruise port | 40th in total tonnage Quick Facts: The Port of Galveston is
located at the mouth of
Tonnage Handled¹ Galveston Bay along the Upper Texas Coast in Galveston County. 13,700,000 Foreign Trade Zone: #36 Associated by the public as port terminal for 0 5000000 10000000 15000000 cruises, it has historically Total Container Cargo: 24,482 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (T.E.U.s)² handled containerized cargo, dry and liquid bulk, break-bulk, roll-on/roll-off 912 cargo, and refrigerated and project cargo.
Commodities arriving at Vessel Calls (annual) the port are often destined for Galveston including barge/tug calls County, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Annual Economic Impact: $3.06 BIL Direct Jobs 3,326| Induced Jobs 3,794 Brazoria County, the state of Texas, as well as Texas’ neighboring states and Top Commodities Connectivity the United States Midwest region. Wind Power Equipment Rail
Agricultural Equipment Offers two Class 1 rail The Port offers: Machinery lines
Vehicles Union Pacific Significant Roll-on/Roll-off
Fertilizer Products BNSF (RoRo) operation and its
Lumber Products Switch yards adjacent matured profile of RoRo
Military-related Cargo to the Port’s West End. operations.
Bulk Grains Galveston County Rural
Containers Rail District Vigorous cruise line port
Linerboard and Paper Roadway Connection terminal.
Carbon Black IH 45 Proximity to the Port of Light Fuels Houston and Texas City
1. http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_57.html 2. Port of Galveston FY 2013, Port of Galveston, September, 2014 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE Port of Harlingen Authority Port of Harlingen • Harlingen, TX P.O. Box 2646 Harlingen, TX 78551 Legal Name: Port of Harlingen Authority (956) 423-0283 Draft: Shallow www.portofharlingen.com Depth: 12ft. channel Width: 125ft. Port Director (interim) Walker Smith
Tonnage Handled ¹ Quick Facts: The Port of Harlingen is a
900,000 shallow draft barge port located in the geographic center of the lower Rio 0 200000 400000 600000 800000 1000000 Grande Valley four miles east of the city of Harlingen, Texas. The Port exports 100 percent of 218 939 161 the sugar produced in the Rio Grande Valley. And, the Port imports critical Valley resources, such as Vessel Calls (annual) Truck Traffic (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) 90 percent of fertilizer including barge/tug calls public/private public/private used by South Texas farmers and 70 percent of the refined petroleum Annual Economic Impact: $19.3 million Direct Jobs 40 | Induced Jobs 44 products for the South Texas region.
Top Commodities Connectivity The Port is connected to
Liquid Fertilizer Rail the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway by means of the Sand Union Pacific Railroad Harlingen Channel and Aggregates offers: Gasoline Roadway Connection 650' (195m) general Diesel IH 69 dry/liquid cargo wharf Ethanol US 77
Raw Sugar US 83 100' (30m) dry bulk wharf
Cotton
Sorghum Five smaller docks (50' X
Corn 25' or 7.5m X15m) located near the turning basin and extend into the Harlingen channel
Over 150 acres of open storage
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 111 E. Loop North Port of Houston • Houston, TX Houston, TX 77252- 2562 Legal Name: Port of Houston Authority (713) 670-2400 Draft: Deep www.portofhouston.com
Depth: 45ft. channel Executive Director Width: 530ft. Roger Guenther st nd US Port Ranking: 1 in U.S. foreign tonnage | 2 in U.S. total tonnage Quick Facts : Tonnage Handled ¹ The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and 237,800,000 Foreign Trade Zone : #84 private facilities located just a few hours by ship 0 100000000 200000000 300000000 from the Gulf of Mexico.
Total Container Cargo 1,950,071 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (T.E.U.s) ² The Port of Houston is made up of the public terminals owned, 208,000 managed and leased by the Port of Houston Authority, and the 150- Vessel Calls (annual) plus private industrial including barge/tug calls companies along the 52-mile long Houston Ship Channel. Annual Economic Impact: Direct Jobs 71,065 Induced Jobs 49,835 $178.5 billion | The port is consistently
ranked 1 st in the US in Top Commodities Connectivity foreign waterborne
• Consumer goods Rail tonnage; 1 st in US
• Crude fertilizers and • Three Class 1 railroads imports; 1 st in US export minerals BNSF tonnage and 2 nd in the
• Organic chemicals Union Pacific US in total tonnage.
• Iron TexMex/KCS
• Steel • Gulf Coast Rail District The Port is also the
• Iron/Steel products • Port Terminal Railroad nation’s leading
• Beverages Association breakbulk post,
• Cereals and cereal handling 65 percent of
products Roadway Connection all major U.S. project
• Plastics • IH 10 cargo.
• Misc. Chemical products • IH 45 via 610 East
• Machinery Loop
1. http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_57.html 2. Port of Houston Authority, FY 2013, September 2014 UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE Port of Port Isabel Port of Port Isabel • Port Isabel, TX 250 Industrial Drive Port Isabel, TX 78578 (956) 943-7826 Legal Name: Port of Isabel/San Benito Navigation District www.portofportisabel.com Draft: Deep Depth: 36ft. channel Port Director Width: 200ft. Steve Bearden
Quick Facts: Tonnage Handled ¹ The Port of Isabel is a
deep water port that
500,000 serves oil service vessels, various seafood processers, concrete 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 manufacturers, and boat construction and repair companies.
Waters interfacing with 100 500 the Port include the
Brownsville Ship Channel, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Vessel Calls (annual) Truck Traffic (annual) (GIWW), Gulf of Mexico including barge/tug calls public/private and Port Isabel Channel.
The Port offers: Annual Economic Impact: $85.6 million Direct Jobs 605 | Induced Jobs 343
726 acres of waterfront land Top Commodities Connectivity
Storage: 45 acres open
5 docks (2 cargo, 1 roll- Roadway Connection Concrete on/roll-off, 2 oil) Sand SH 100
Aggregate IH 69 (US 59) 1,150 feet of deepwater
docks
2,100 feet of deepwater frontage available
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE Port of Orange • Orange, TX Orange County Navigation & Port District Legal Name: Orange County Navigation and Port District 1201 Childers Road Draft: Deep Orange, Texas 77632 (409) 883-4363 Depth: 30 ft. channel www.portoforange.com Width: 200 ft. Port Director Gene Bouillion Tonnage¹ Quick Facts: The Port of Orange is 94,504 Foreign Trade Zone: #117 located on the Sabine- Neches waterway and is 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 linked to the “Golden Triangle” ports which include the Port of Port
Arthur, Beaumont and
Orange. This area has become strategically more important to Texas Annual Economic Impact: $ 1.9 million ports growth since 2003.
The Port of Orange has Top Commodities Connectivity acted as a successful landlord port, On-site Marine Services which Rail complementing activities include: Orange Port Terminal at larger ports on the Shipyards that can Railway providing Sabine-Neches channel.
accommodate new switching service to It is also used for lay
construction Union Pacific and berthing.
Repairs of tugs, barges and agreement with BNSF.
offshore petroleum drilling
platforms Roadway Connection
Dry dock services for barges SH 87
and tugs IH 10
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 8/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 1602 Main Street P O Box 551 Port of Palacios • Palacios, TX Palacios, Tx 77465 Phone: (361) 972-5556 Legal Name: Matagorda County Navigation District #1 Draft: Shallow Port Director Depth: 12ft. channel Debbie Morris Width: 400ft. Quick Facts: The Port of Palacios is located on the Upper Gulf Port of Palacios Offers: Coast approximately 110 miles south of Houston in 4 Turning basins with Matagorda County.
13,000 linear feet of Traditionally, Palacios’
dock chief industry has been 2 Recreational marinas shrimpingᶾ. with 55 slips Over 800 acres of Fishing, tourism and developable land owned shipbuilding, including by the Port barges, tugs and commercial and recreational boats of various sizes and configurations are increasing.
The Port also provides a
safe harbor for Annual Economic Impact: $41.2 million Direct Jobs 541 | Induced Jobs 43 commercial fishermen from the three counties around Matagorda Bay – Top Commodities Connectivity Matagorda, Jackson and Calhoun counties. Shrimping industry Roadway Connection
SH 35
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 221 Houston Avenue Port Arthur, Texas Port of Port Arthur • Port Arthur, TX (409) 983-2011 www.portofportarthur.com Legal Name: Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County Draft: Deep Executive Port Director Depth: 40ft. channel Floyd Gaspard Width: 450ft. US Port Ranking: 24th in total tonnage¹ Quick Facts:
The Port of Port Arthur Tonnage Handled¹ is situated directly on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and 30,300,000 Foreign Trade Zone: #116 only 19 miles from the
0 10,000,00020,000,00030,000,00040,000,000 Gulf of Mexico.
Port Arthur’s strategic location on the GIWW provides easy barge
1,183 transportation on the U.S. inland waterway system to cities along the Mississippi, Ohio, Vessel Calls (annual) Arkansas, and including barge/tug calls Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois Rivers plus Annual Economic Impact: $128 million its many tributaries.
The Port is a military Top Commodities Connectivity strategic port within the National Port Forest Products (wood Rail Readiness Network pellets) One Class 1 rail lines Iron Kansas City Southern Panamex size vessels
Steel Provide switching began taking Dry Bulk through agreement advantage of the ports Bagged Cargo with Union Pacific new 2000 terminal Bailed Cargo expansion for lay Military Cargo Roadway Connection berthing. Project Cargo IH 10 US 90A The Port has emerged as a major break-bulk port for forest products, project cargo, steel and military redeployments.
1. Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons, U.S Department of Transportation, http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_57.html UPDATED 09/2014 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 400 W. Hidalgo Port Mansfield • Port Mansfield, TX Suite 200 Raymondville, Tx 78580 Legal Name: Port Mansfield/Willacy County Navigation District (956) 689-3332 www.portofmansfield.com Draft: Shallow
Depth: 4ft. channel – federally authorized to 16 ft. Port Director: Ron Milles
Quick Facts: In 2014, Port Mansfield is Port Mansfield Offers: nominated as one of the top 10 fishing spots in the • Ideal location for barge USA by Sport Fishing industry Magazine. • 1,760 port-owned acres
for either commercial or Geographically, Port
residential lease Mansfield is located close
• Maintains an excellent to Laguna Madre, which
channel surrounded by has an abundance of
available waterfront and marine wildlife,
nearby off-waterfront particularly reds, trout,
property flounder, and snook.
• Excellent roads
connecting to the future
Interstate 69 NAFTA
highway
International Trade Opportunities: Connectivity
• NAFTA trade with Mexico Roadway Connection • Bulk construction • US 77 materials • SH 281 • Agricultural • SH 186 products/supplies • Container-on-barge business • South Texas Spaceport business
UPDATED 09/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 2425 Hwy 146 North Port of Texas City • Texas City, TX Texas City, Tx 77590 (4409) 945-4461 www.tctrr.com Legal Name: Texas City Terminal Railway Co.
Draft: Deep Bill Mathis, President Depth: 36 – 40 ft. channel th US Port Ranking: 8 Quick Facts: Tonnage Handled¹ The Port of Texas City is privately owned facility with stakeholders that 78,000,000 include Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF 0 50000000 100000000 Railway.
The Port has won the
Texas Safety
25,000¹ Association’s Award of Honor in recognition of their outstanding efforts to ensure safety. Railcar Transits (annual) public/private The port has a man- made breakwater (Texas Annual Economic Impact: $919.5 MIL² Direct Jobs 4,452 | Induced Jobs 4,293 City Dike) to help prevent silting of the Houston Ship Channel.
Top Commodities Connectivity The Port operates three
Rail (3) MP1500 horsepower
• Crude petroleum oil • Union Pacific Railroad locomotives and 31 miles • BNSF Railway (51 km) of tracks as well
• Refined petroleum • Switching operations as a state-of-the-art
products terminal at two railroad track scale for
junctions within 6 miles customers.
of the main yard
Roadway Connection
• FM 1764
• SH 146
• IH 45
1. Port of Texas City website, http://www.tctrr.com/index.html 2. Guide to the Economic Value of Texas Ports, Center for Transportation Research The University of Texas at Austin, Dec. 2008, page 56
UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 1934 FM 1432 Port of Victoria • Victoria, TX Victoria, Texas 77905 (361) 570-8855 Legal Name: Victoria County Navigation District www.portofvictoria.com Draft: Shallow Executive Director Depth: 12ft. channel Paul “Skip” Kaup Width: 125ft. Quick Facts: Tonnage Handled¹ The Port of Victoria is located approximately 80 1 5,288,199 Foreign Trade Zone: #155 miles northeast of Corpus Christi and recent 0 2000000 4000000 6000000 expansions should significantly increase the tonnage operated by the port.
228,205 bbls 5,711 crude The Port is a major player in the Eagle Ford Shale formation. It handles several unit trains of frac Vessel Calls (annual) Railcar Transits (annual) sand and millions of including barge/tug calls public/private barrels of oil per month.
Annual Economic Impact: $6.6 billion Direct Jobs | Induced Jobs 21,000 The Port offers: New Industrial Park with multi-modal access
Top Commodities Connectivity New fleeting area that will
Chemicals Rail provide a safe place for
Petrochemicals Rail spur with service tow operators to tie off Frac Sand provided by Union
Crude Oil Pacific with track Center for chemical, construction, steel Liquid Fertilizers agreements with Union fabrication and Dry Fertilizers Pacific, Kansas City agribusiness industries Grain Southern and BNSF offering access to all Aggregates transportation modes. Roadway Connection
IH 69 (US 59) New lighting system that
Heavy Weight Corridor allows for 24-hour
operations
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014
PORT AT-A-GLANCE 402 South Main Street Port of West Calhoun • Seadrift, TX Seadrift, Texas 77983 (361) 785-6492 Legal Name: West Side Calhoun County Navigation District Draft: Shallow Chairman Jack Campbell, Jr Depth: 12ft. channel
Port Facilities Connectivity Quick Facts: The West Side Berths for Highway Calhoun County commercial seafood SH 35 Navigation District productions SH 185 (the District) was Oil exploration formed on July 8, Gas exploration 1946 and was approved for The waterway is used for: $125,000 bond issue Barge shipments of for the building of the industrial products barge Canal. including petroleum
coke and chemicals The District operates
the Port of West Calhoun, which is linked to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway via the Victoria Barge Canal.
1. Texas Port Report, Texas Department of Transportation, June, 2014, pg. 5 UPDATED 08/2014