Port At-A-Glance

Port At-A-Glance

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 IH 10 17. Port of West 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 243 Ships Waterway. 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 th US Port Ranking: 5 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.

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