Port of Wilmington at a glance

Location: Wilmington, Delaware

CBP Port Code: 1103

Imports: $6,663,684,147 (2008 data)*

Exports: $3,431,955,138 (2008 data)*

Total: $10,095,639,285 (2008 data)*

The Port of Wilmington, Delaware, is the first full-service deepwater port and marine terminal on the Delaware River. The port is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers, 65 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It is owned and operated by the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC), a corporate entity of the State of Delaware, and handles 400 vessels per year, with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of over 4 million tons. Today, Delaware’s port is the busiest terminal on the Delaware River.

Since it was founded in 1923, the Port of Wilmington has been a major Mid-Atlantic import/export gateway for a wide variety of maritime cargoes and trade. It ranks as the world’s largest banana port and the leading port in the United States for imports of fresh fruit and juice concentrates. Handling all these refrigerated cargoes positions Wilmington as the largest terminal in the United States for imported perishable cargo.

Cargo Overview

Imports include:

• Fresh fruit: bananas and tropical fruit from Central America, Chilean winter fruit, Moroccan clementines, apples and pears from Argentina, Brazilian and Peruvian grapes, and New Zealand kiwifruit and apples.
• Juice concentrates: orange juice from Belize and Costa Rica and apple and pear juice from Argentina.
• Break-bulk: all types of structural steel, steel coils, and forest products.
• Dry bulk: salt, sodium nitrate, specialized ores, and other bulk products from various worldwide sources.
• Liquid bulk: refined petroleum products including gasoline and #2 fuel oil; frozen orange juice concentrate from Brazil Project cargo: wind turbine blades and components, generators, transformers, etc.

Exports include:

• RoRo (Roll-on Roll-off) cargo: new and previously owned autos, SUVs, and light trucks to the Middle East; vehicles and equipment for reconstruction projects in Iraq & Afghanistan; previously owned vehicles to Central America, Mediterranean, and West Africa.
• Break-bulk: steel, kraft liner board and newsprint to Central America.
• Dry bulk: petrol coke and synthetic race track sand.
• Livestock: dairy and beef cattle cows to various destinations.
• Project cargo: generators, special equipment, etc.

Location

The Port is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers, 65 miles from the Atlantic Ocean (four hours steaming from the Cape Henlopen pilot station). It encompasses over 308 acres. The interstate highway system (I-95, I-495 and I-295) is immediately accessible.

On-dock rail service is provided by Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX with shared access to railcar loading docks located next to terminal warehouses.

Facilities and Equipment

The port has seven deepwater ,as well as a floating berth and an oil jetty on the Chrisitina River, with project depths of 35-38 ft. MLW. Additionally, there is a multi-purpose berth on the Delaware River with a 38 ft. project depth. It connects viaa  dedicated road to the port’s 68-acre vehicle storage area. This berth thus is suited for vehicle operations, but it can accommodate steel, project, and break-bulk cargoes as well.

Wilmington has significant heavy lift capability utilizing 50 + 75 LT capacity, rail-mounted multi-purpose gantry cranes serving Berths 1–4. Additionally, lift truck/top loader capacity to 95,000 pounds is available along with stretch trailers in support of project cargo operations.

The port has more than 33 acres of outside storage for steel, lumber, and construction equipment, as well as project cargo. This is supplemented by 250,000 sq. ft. of dry warehouse space (covered) and a 40-acre staging area. There is two-pull-per-day capacity in close proximity to NS’s Edgmoor Rail Yard for efficient train “building.”

The Port of Wilmington owns and operates a large dock-side cold-storage facility. The facility includes six separate warehouses aggregating 800,000 sq. ft. (11 million cubic feet) of chilled and freezer space storage space and 16,000 sq. ft. of controlled atmosphere capability. The port is able to provide real-time remote temperature monitoring and management, cold treatment, and fumigation services in its HACCP and C-TPAT certified warehouses.

Specialized IT Services

• E-port - web-based inventory management tools.
• E-load - distribution management tools.

Companies providing service to Wilmington area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services

On-Terminal Federal Agencies

• U.S. Customs & Border Protection.
• U.S. Customs & Border Protection - Agriculture.
• USDA APHIS/PPQ.

Security

• TWIC access controlled entry.
• In-house 24/7 security force.
• Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs) at the main gate.
• C-TPAT certified.
• HCV Mobile + VACIS.

Air Transportation

The Wilmington area is served by the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), which is a city-owned airport. Philadelphia International has seven cargo terminals. The cargo facility handles dangerous goods and very large/heavy cargo and has an express/courier center. Air freight service at the airport is handled by Air Canada, Air France, Air Jamaica, AirTran Airways, American Airlines, BAX Global, British Airways World Cargo, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines Cargo, FedEx, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines Cargo, DHL Express, and United Parcel Service (UPS), which operates one of its five U.S. regional air hubs at Philadelphia International Airport. The airport also has customs available by request. See the Airport Profile section of our Philadelphia port profile for contact information.

Foreign-Trade Zone #99

The Port of Wilmington is a Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) certified facility. Foreign Trade Zone #99 is located in the State of Delaware. The Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO) has primary responsibility for the administration and promotion of the foreign-trade zone. The zone sites are located at the Port of Wilmington and Wyoming, Delaware, with other authorized sub-zones thorough the state. The FTZ offers such services as storage of import/export goods without full customs or government taxes/formalities and duty- free inventory management and control, distribution and manufacturing. Companies may take advantage of zone benefits by utilizing the general purpose zone warehouses. A full range of port services is available. See the Foreign Trade Zone section of our Wilmington port profile for contact information.

Future Expansion

Future expansion is planned to provide more storage capacity for existing and future commercial businesses. An 80-acre parcel of Delaware River riverfront land is available for development.

Port Contact Info
Port of Wilmington 1 Hausel Road Wilmington, DE 19801-5852 Tel: (302) 472-PORT Fax: (302) 472-7740 jharoldson@port.state.de.us www.portofwilmington.com

 TWIC

On October 10, 2007, Port of Wilmington started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Wilmington was on December 30, 2008.

The Port of Gulfport TWIC enrollment center is located at Brandywine West, 1521 Concord Pike, Suite 301, Wilmington, DE 19803. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration website and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Wilmington Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Gulfport at a glance

Location: Gulfport, Mississippi

CBP Port Code: 1902

Imports: $1,601,830,780 (2008 data)*

Exports: $1,094,717,522 (2008 data)*

Total: $2,696,548,302 (2008 data)*

The Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport (Port of Gulfport) is an enterprise agency of the state of Mississippi and is responsible for the daily operations of the Port of Gulfport. Established in 1902, the Port of Gulfport is a bulk, break-bulk, and container seaport which encompasses 204 acres, has nearly 6,000 feet of berthing space, and averages over 2 million tons of cargo a year and shipping over 214,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). The Port of Gulfport is the second largest importer of green fruit in the United States and the third busiest container port on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

The Port of Gulfport is a deep-water seaport on the Gulf of Mexico, just 16 miles from international shipping lanes and 5 nautical miles from the intracoastal waterway. Because of its location, ships can be in international waters within one hour of sailing from the harbor at Gulfport.  The port has direct access to state highway 49 and is only 10 minutes from I-10.

The intermodal movement of cargo at the Port of Gulfport is accommodated on port in the form of vessel-to-vessel, vessel-to-rail, and vessel-to-truck transfers. At least 45 truck lines serve the port on a daily basis. Rail service is provided by Kansas City Southern and CSX Transportation. Access to the Illinois Central and Canadian National line is provided in a joint marketing agreement between these two lines and KCS. Barge services are also available at the port.

Cargo Overview

In CY 2008, the port handled over 2.3 million tons of cargo, 214,074 TEUs and 267 ships.

Top export commodities handled at the port include paper, clays, cellulose, fabrics, cloth, yarn, apparel, and hardware.

Top import commodities handled at the port include bananas, ilmenite ore, and container cargo.

The port has the capability of handling a variety of cargo, including containerized, break-bulk, project, and bulk. Traditionally, Central America has been one of the main markets for the Port of Gulfport.

Port Infrastructure/Facilities

The port’s channel is approximately 220 feet wide and is maintained to a depth of 36 feet. The turning basin is approximately 1,320 feet wide and is maintained to a depth of 36 feet. The port consists of 10 multiple berths ranging from 525 to 750 feet. All piers are public, but most facilities are operated through leases and operating or space assignment agreements with private operators or users.

The port features:

• More than 400,000 sq ft. of covered storage;
• Open container storage with reefer plug outlets;
• Bulk material unloading system;
• Dockside and off-dock storage;
• Open bulk and break-bulk storage;
• Customs secured boundaries with 24/7 roving patrols;
• Container freight station;
• On-port rail system; and
• Ro-Ro ramp.

Carriers

The following provide regular scheduled liner services: Dole Fresh Fruit Company, Great White Fleet (Chiquita) (which serves Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica), and Crowley Maritime (which serves Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador).

Stevedoring Companies

Two stevedoring companies work on port premises, Ports America and Stevedoring Services of America (SSA).

In 1999, Cooper/T.Smith Stevedoring and SSA Marine formed an alliance known as CSA. CSA supplies labor and equipment to operate warehouses, terminals, and stevedoring for both containerized and break-bulk vessels. At the Port of Gulfport, SSA operates under SSA Gulf, Inc., and CSA. Commodities handled at this port include lumber, aluminum, and wood pulp among others.

The port has on-site inspection by U.S. Customs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Coast Guard to make sure cargo is safe and secure.

Companies providing service to Gulfport area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Logistics Services
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services

Future Plans

The Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA) at Gulfport has approved a revised master plan to rebuild and restore the damage to its facilities caused in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

The restoration includes elevating facilities to 25 feet above sea level to protect against future storm surges. The rebuilding of the port will put operational berths back into service as well; before Hurricane Katrina, the MSPA had 10 operational berths, and only four of these are operational today.

The revitalization plan provides for more storage. Almost all of the Port’s 700,000 square feet of storage was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. Currently, only 400,000 square feet have been rebuilt, which leaves a need for more. After the restoration, the port will be able to pursue the return of cargo and carriers lost after Katrina.

For information about the Port’s master plan for restoration or to locate frequently asked questions and answers, visit www.portofthefuture.com.

Air Transportation

The principal airport in the area is Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT). A 40,000-square-foot cargo facility was completed in the 4th quarter of 2007 at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport. The cargo facility includes 20,000 square feet of chiller space, 20,000 square feet of cargo sorting and distribution space, and 6,000 square feet of office space.

Airside access from the runway system has been designed with safety and efficiency in mind. The ramp can facilitate two MD11s or DC10s or one B747. The area is also expandable with 120 acres reserved for air cargo on airport.

See the Airport Profile section of our Gulfport port profile for contact information.

Foreign-Trade Zone #92

The Gulfport/Biloxi Foreign Trade Zone #92 (FTZ) in Mississippi comprises sites located near the customs port of entry at the Port of Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico where imported goods may be unloaded, stored, exhibited, manipulated and repackaged. The zone covers 228 acres on three sites in Harrison County. Site 1, located within the Port of Gulfport on Hwy. 90, involves a 55,000-sq. ft. warehouse and 4 acres of open space. Site 2 covers 99 acres on three parcels at Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport in Gulfport, to be used for air-cargo related zone activities and as standby space for future development. Site 3 involves 97 acres within the 1,500-acre Bernard Bayou Industrial District located on Interstate 10 at Lorraine Road in Harrison County. FTZ #92 sites have access to the Gulf of Mexico, the Intracoastal Waterway, railroads, and the Interstate Highway System. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our Gulfport port profile for contact information.

Foreign-Trade Zones provide importers, exporters, manufacturers and distributors with opportunities to reduce U.S. Customs duties and defer duty payments until the product leaves the Zone. A Foreign-Trade Zone also offers benefits such as increased cash flow and reduced actual duty paid on imports and products warehoused, manipulated or manufactured for export. When a component part or raw material is imported into the Zone from another country and then is subsequently exported out of the U.S. as part of a finished product, no U.S. Customs duty is due. If, however, the product is shipped domestically within the U.S., duties, fees and other taxes (if applicable) are due at the time the finished product leaves the Zone, but may be reduced.

Tax Incentives

The Mississippi State Port Income Tax Credit is designed to provide an income tax credit to taxpayers who use the port facilities at state, county, and municipal ports in Mississippi. The taxpayer receives a credit in an amount equal to certain expenses paid by the taxpayer. Charges a taxpayer can claim include receiving into the port, handling to a vessel, and wharfage.

Port Contact Info
Mississippi State Port Authority P.O. Box 40 Gulfport, MS 39502 Tel: (228) 865-4300 Fax: (228) 865-4335 ehurtado@shipmspa.com www.shipmspa.com

TWIC

On March 19, 2008, Port of Gulfport started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Gulfport was on December 30, 2008.

The Port of Gulfport TWIC enrollment center is located at 477 32nd Street, Gulfport, MS 39507. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site, and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Gulfport Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of San Diego at a glance

Location: San Diego, California

CBP Port Code: 2501

Imports: $7,053,038,970 (2008 data)*

Exports: $256,095,053 (2008 data)*

Total: $7,309,134,023 (2008 data)*

The Port of San Diego is the first southern U.S. West Coast port of entry into the United States. Located within San Diego Bay, the Port of San Diego’s harbor that is located 96 nautical miles southeast of Los Angeles, 20 miles north of the United States-Mexico border, and 135 miles west of Mexicali. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the port.

The Port of San Diego is considered one of four critical “Port-to-Border” transportation corridors in the State of California’s “Goods Movement Action Plan.” The Goods Movement Action Plan is a Schwarzenegger Administration initiative for the improvement and expansion of California’s goods movement industry and infrastructure for job generation, and increasing mobility while relieving traffic congestion.

The Port of San Diego is also one of fifteen strategic ports within the United States designated by the Department of Defense in coordination with the Maritime Administration. The Port of San Diego has been providing its cargo facilities for military use since the 1990s, commencing with Operation Desert Storm. The Port of San Diego’s symbiotic relationship with the military was fostered as a result of its deepwater and Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro/Ro) port capabilities.

The port serves as a transshipment facility for the region, which includes San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties, northern Baja California, Arizona, and points east. The year-round mild climate is conducive to handling all types of cargo.

The Port’s two marine cargo facilities are Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and National City Marine Terminal, which are detailed below.

The Port of San Diego works with the City of San Diego with regards to foreign-trade zone opportunities. Information may be obtained from the City of San Diego’s Economic Development Division Web site.

Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal

Warehousing and open space:

• 1,000,000 square feet of warehouses and transit sheds.
• 25 acres of paved open space for laydown of steel and project cargo.
• 8 berths (up to 42′ MLLW).

Principal inbound cargoes are refrigerated commodities, fertilizer, cement, steel and breakbulk commodities. Primary export cargoes include refrigerated cargo and breakbulk and bulk commodities.

The Cold Storage Facility, operated by Harborside Refrigerated Services, is a 300,000 square foot on-dock facility that provides a controlled atmosphere for storage of a wide variety of fresh produce and perishables. These include meat, poultry, seafood, citrus, bananas, apples, pears, kiwi, avocados, broccoli, concentrates, dairy and egg products, grapes, kabocha squash, mangoes, melons, stonefruit, strawberries and tomatoes.

Searles Valley Minerals Operations operates a bulk loader at this terminal. The loader, rated at 2,000 tons per hour, is used to export soda ash, sodium sulfate, borax, pyroborates, bicarbonate of soda, and other bulk commodities, including sand.

• Siwertel ship unloader installed in 1998 by Cemex.
• Three 1,000,000-gallon liquid bulk storage tanks with pipelines to berth.

Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane

Specially designed for maritime cargo handling operations, the Gottwald mobile harbor crane is a multi-purpose crane that can be used at various berths at the terminal for containers, general cargo, heavy lifts (up to 100 metric tons on the hook), and even bulk cargo. If heavy lift is greater than 100 metric tons, then lifting can be done with a second crane such as a crawler or truck/mobile crane for tandem lift to split the load.

It can handle an average of 25 containers per hour and can pick a fully loaded 40-foot container from the 13th row of a Panamax-size ship.

The crane is equipped with a Bromma 20-foot/40-foot/45-foot expandable spreader. Motorized grab buckets, provided by stevedores, may be used on the crane to handle bulk cargoes.

National City Marine Terminal

• Can handle more than 500,000 vehicles per year.
• On-site auto processing specialists.
• Automated cargo tracking and data collection.

Owned by the Port of San Diego and operated by Pasha Automotive and Distribution Servcies, the terminal serves as the primary port of entry for Audi, Bentley, Honda, Isuzu, Mazda, Lotus, Mitsubishi Fuso, Porsche, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Kia. It also handles lumber and other large project cargo.

Size and Space:

• 7 berths (4,924 ft./1,501 m.).
• Open storage space.

Loading/Handling:

• Six ladder rail tracks on terminal.
• Streamlined track configuration.
• Rail service to Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

Proximity:

• Direct access to rail and three major interstate highways (I-5, I-8, and I-15).
• Less than 20 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Air Transportation

The principal airport in the area is San Diego International Airport (SAN), which is owned and operated by an independent agency called the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. The airport is located three miles northwest of the central business district of San Diego and 20 miles from the Mexican border. San Diego International Airport has a total of three cargo terminals. Carriers at the airport include ABX Air, Aeromexico, Air Canada, Alaska Air Cargo, America West, American Airlines, American Eagle, BAX Global, British Airways, Continental, Delta Air Lines, Emery Worldwide, FedEx Express, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian, Horizon, Mesa Airlines Inc, Northwest Airlines, Sky West Airlines, Southwest, UPS Airlines, US Airways, United Airlines. In fiscal year 2008, air cargo operators moved 5.6 tons of air cargo through SAN. The percentage fell 18.8% compared to 2007, when the total was 6.9 tons of air cargo. U.S. Customs and health and agricultural inspection services are available by prior arrangement. See the Airport Profile section of our San Diego port profile for contact information.

Foreign-Trade Zone #153

The City of San Diego is the grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone #153. FTZ #153 is located in the southern part of the city in the Otay Mesa community near the U.S.-Mexico border. Besides being close to the booming maquiladora industry of Tijuana, Mexico, the zone is located near Brown Field airport and Tijuana International Airport, and about 20 miles from San Diego International Airport. The Port of San Diego is also close by. More than 1,500 acres of finished, industrial land has been pre-approved for FTZ use.

Companies providing service to San Diego area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Logistics Services
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services
Warehousing Services

San Diego’s FTZ #153 has nine pre-designated sites of varying sizes. Pre-designation means companies do not have to apply for a designation — a process that can take up to a year for approval. Since the designation is already pre-set by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, companies can simply begin the process of activation by contacting the grantee. After approval by the FTZ Board, the company can start operations. Activation usually takes about 3 months. Many different kinds of companies use the FTZ, 70% of which are small businesses. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our San Diego port profile for contact information.

Foreign-trade zones provide importers, exporters, manufacturers, and distributors with opportunities to reduce U.S. Customs duties and defer duty payments until the product leaves the zone. An FTZ also offers benefits such as increased cash flow and reduced actual duty paid on imports and products warehoused, manipulated, or manufactured for export. When a component part or raw material is imported into the zone from another country and then is subsequently exported out of the United States as part of a finished product, no U.S. Customs duty is due. If, however, the product is shipped domestically within the United States, duties, fees and other taxes (if applicable) are due at the time the finished product leaves the zone, but may be reduced.

Government offices located within the port region include a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification. In addition, an office of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration is located in San Diego.

Port Contact Info
Port of San Diego Maritime Division 687 Switzer Street San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: (619) 686-6236 Fax: (619) 686-8055 customerservicecenter@portofsandiego.org www.portofsandiego.org

On March 13, 2008, Port of San Diego started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the port was December 30, 2008.

The Port of San Diego TWIC enrollment center is located at 3425 Kenyon St., Ste. 100, San Diego, CA 92110. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site, and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of San Diego Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Duluth-Superior at a glance

Location: Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota & Superior, Wisconsin

CBP Port Codes: 3510

Imports: 3,760,489 short tons (2008 data)

Exports: 41,879,512 short tons (2008 data)

Total: 45,640,001 short tons (2008 data)

The Port of Duluth-Superior is the largest volume port on the Great Lakes and ranks among the top 20 bulk cargo ports in all of North America. In addition, the port also handles general or breakbulk cargo through the Clure Public Marine Terminal, owned by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and operated by Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.

Located at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior, Duluth-Superior is the world’s farthest inland port. It is the inland terminus of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System (GLSLS), 2,342 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

Primarily a natural resources waterway, the Port of Duluth-Superior remains a busy crossroad for trade, will calls by vessels ranging from 1,000-foot lake carriers to Seaway-class ships. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

The port boasts 21 privately-owned bulk and general cargo terminals along 49 miles of waterfront, plus a fueling depot, two dry docks and tug/barge service. Docks handle commodities ranging from iron ore, coal, grain, limestone, cement, and salt to wood pulp/paper, steel coil, wind turbine components and other project cargoes. Four Class I railroads and an extensive interstate highway system serve the port, making this one of the major multi-modal transportation hubs in North America.

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority is an independent, public agency established by the Minnesota State Legislature to foster regional maritime commerce, promote trade, facilitate industrial development, and serve as an advocate for maritime interests. It was created in 1955 to expand and improve facilities at the Port of Duluth-Superior in anticipation of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Two years later, with $10 million in public funding, the Port Authority created the 120-acre Clure Public Marine Terminal, the port’s only general cargo facility.

Today, the Port Authority owns and manages multiple waterfront properties, including the Public Marine Terminal, Garfield Docks C&D, Erie Pier and an industrial park near the Duluth International Airport. Sections of both the Terminal and Duluth Airpark have been designated as Foreign Trade Zone #51.

The Port of Duluth-Superior handles an average of 46 million net tons of bulk and break-bulk cargo each year and hosts an average of 1,150 vessel visits annually. The port’s primary outbound cargoes include coal, iron ore, and grain, as well as wind turbine components. Primary inbound cargo are limestone, cement, and salt.

The Clure Public Marine Terminal, owned by the Port Authority and operated by Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc., handles all inbound and outbound general cargo shipments through the port. The terminal covers 120 acres at the center of the Duluth-Superior harbor, with dock faces on three sides at Seaway depth of 27 feet. Terminal facilities include the following:

• On-dock rail service
• Roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) dock
• three general cargo berths; 2,620 linear feet (798.6 meters) of dock wall at seaway depth
• Foreign Trade Zone #51
• 360,000+ square feet of warehouse space
• 50+ acres of secure outdoor ground storage
• Access to three major highway corridors
• Direct access to four class I rail carriers:  BNSF, CN, Canadian Pacific, and Union Pacific
• Twin rail-mounted, 81 metric ton gantry cranes with tandem lift capacity of 120 metric tons
• Mobile 300-ton crane and all cargo-handling equipment for efficient ship loading discharge

Adjacent to the Clure Public Marine Terminal is Garfield Pier – Docks C&D, a 28-acre site currently maintained as excess storage capacity for project cargo. The site is 1,800 feet long by 680 feet wide with 3,000 feet of dock face and has direct access to railroad and interstate highways.

Companies providing service to the Duluth-Superior area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Terminal Operators (Marine)
Trucking Services
Warehousing Services

A section of the terminal (together with Duluth Airpark) is designated as Foreign Trade Zone #51. Merchandise can be stored, staged, repackaged, assembled, or altered duty free within the zone prior to final delivery in the domestic market. Finished goods also can be re-exported duty free. Manufacturing sites located anywhere in the state can apply for FTZ subzone status through the Minnesota FTZ Association. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our port profile for contact information.

The Duluth-Superior area is served by the Duluth International Airport (DUL). Duluth International Airport mainly handles domestic cargo. The air freight service at the airport is handled by DHL Express, Federal Express, United Parcel Service (UPS), and Velocity Express. The airport also has customs available by request. See the Airport Profile section of our Duluth-Superior port profile for contact information.

There are a variety of government offices located within the port region, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification. In addition, there are Department of Commerce offices located in both Duluth and Superior.

Port Contact Info
Duluth Seaway Port Authority 1200 Port Terminal Dr. Duluth, MN 55802 Tel: (218) 727-8525 Fax: (218) 727-6888 admin@duluthport.com www.duluthport.com

On December 28, 2007, Port of Duluth-Superior started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Duluth-Superior was on December 1, 2008.

The Port of Duluth-Superior TWIC enrollment center is located at 5739 Old Highway 61, Duluth, MN 55810. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration website and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Duluth-Superior Area

Port of Jacksonville at a glance

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

CBP Port Code: 1803

Imports: $11,800,000 (2008 data)

Exports: $11,300,000 (2008 data)

Total: $23,100,000 (2008 data)

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) is a full-service, international trade seaport in the Southeastern United States. JAXPORT owns and manages three cargo terminals in Jacksonville, Fla., including the Blount Island Marine Terminal, the Dames Point Marine Terminal, and the Talleyrand Marine Terminal. JAXPORT also manages the St. Johns River Ferry, which connects the north and south ends of Florida State Road A1A in Duval County.

JAXPORT and its maritime partners handle containerized cargo, automobiles, recreational boats and construction equipment (Ro/Ro), dry and liquid bulks, breakbulk commodities, and over-sized and specialty cargoes. JAXPORT’s three marine terminals handled a total of 8.4 million tons of cargo and a record-setting 656,000 vehicles in fiscal year 2008, making JAXPORT one of the top import and export automobile centers in the United States.

The terminals feature 18 container cranes, on-dock refrigerated and freezer warehousing, and Foreign-Trade Zone status. To help speed goods to market, shippers can take advantage of Jacksonville’s location at the crossroads of three major railroads (CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Florida East Coast Railway) and three interstate highways (I-95, I-10, and 1-75).

A network of privately-owned maritime facilities also operates in Jacksonville’s harbor. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

Key Statistics

In 2008 the port had 1,827 vessel calls. JAXPORT’s tonnage (in short tons) totaled 8,395,510 in 2008: 3,600,716 in containers; 2,475,868 in bulk; 1,366,373 in vehicles; and 952,553 in breakbulk.

The top import regions by tonnage* at JAXPORT in 2008 were the Caribbean, South America (West Coast), Northern Europe, North America, and Asia. The top export regions by tonnage* were the Caribbean, South America (East Coast), Mideast, Northern Europe, and Africa. (*Top import / export information includes cargo shipped through JAXPORT combined with cargo shipped through all private [non-JAXPORT] marine terminals in Jacksonville’s harbor).

Primary Inbound/Outbound Cargo

JAXPORT’s three cargo terminals can handle every type of general and project cargo. Tonnage handled in 2008 included 697,494 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of containers and 656,805 vehicles. Jacksonville’s maritime partners can handle the following:

• Containers: Representing about 43% of all cargo handled at JAXPORT, dry and refrigerated containers ranging in length from 20 feet to 53 feet carry a variety of consumer goods.
• Roll On-Roll Off (ro/ro): The category includes vehicles, construction equipment, and recreational boats.
• Breakbulk: Raw materials such as lumber, rolls of paper, woodpulp, pallets of boxed chicken, and steel are among the breakbulk cargoes handled at the port.
• Liquid bulk: Cooking oil, corn syrup, molasses and other bulk liquids are also handled at JAXPORT terminals.
• Dry bulk: Dry bulk materials such as limestone and gravel are poured into piles on port property at Dames Point.
• Project cargo (heavy lift): Specialty cargoes like locomotive engines, air conditioning chillers for skyscrapers, massive rolls of power cable, and other “heavy lift” items can be handled at JAXPORT terminals as well.

Terminals

JAXPORT owns and operates three public marine terminals in Jacksonville:

The Blount Island Marine Terminal (BIMT) is located just 9 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and has 6,600 linear feet (2,012 m) of deep-water berths. This 754-acre terminal is JAXPORT’s largest container facility an important vehicle import/export center. The terminal also handles Ro/Ro, heavy lift, breakbulk, and liquid bulk cargoes.

Blount Island has one 100-ton whirly crane and six container cranes (three 50-ton cranes, one 45-ton crane, and two 40-ton cranes), with two additional cranes planned for purchase this year. The terminal also offers 240,000-square feet of transit shed space and a 90,000-square foot Container Freight Station for cross-dock efficiency.

Blount Island is located less than 1 mile from I-295 (State Road 9-A) and only minutes from I-95 and I-10. I-75 is only a 1-hour drive west. The terminal’s on-dock rail is served directly by CSX.

The Dames Point Marine Terminal (DPMT) is JAXPORT’s newest marine facility. The terminal is situated alongside the harbor’s main shipping channel. Located 10 nautical miles from the Atlantic Ocean, the Dames Point Marine Terminal is home to the 158-acre TraPac Container Terminal, where vessels from Tokyo-based Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and other carriers offer direct containership service between Jacksonville and ports throughout Asia. The TraPac terminal features new port infrastructure, including roadways, terminal buildings, two 1,200-foot berths, and six Post-Panamax container cranes.

Northwest of the TraPac terminal is the future home of the 90-acre Hanjin Container Terminal. Site design and permitting for this new facility are ongoing, and, following 24 months of construction, the terminal is expected to open in 2012.

Other cargoes at Dames Point include bulk aggregate material, on sites about 34 acres in size.

The Talleyrand Marine Terminal (TMT) is located 21 miles from the Atlantic Ocean on the St. Johns River. This 173-acre terminal has 4,780 linear feet (1,457 m) of berthing space; a dredging project is underway that will increase the channel depth from the current 38 feet.

The terminal handles containerized and breakbulk cargoes, imported automobiles, and liquid bulk commodities such as turpentine and vegetable oil. Breakbulk cargoes include steel, lumber, paper, and a variety of frozen and chilled goods. Talleyrand is equipped with six container cranes, on-dock rail, and 160,000 square feet of transit shed space, capable of handling cargo in refrigerated, freezer, or ambient conditions. Additionally, a 553,000-square foot warehouse stores a variety of cargoes, including rolls of fine and specialty papers, magazine papers, and newsprint.

The Talleyrand terminal also offers two 50-LT capacity rubber tired gantry cranes, both of which straddle four rail spurs totaling 4,800 linear feet (1,463 m). Talleyrand’s on-dock rail facilities are run by Talleyrand Terminal Railroad, Inc., which provides direct switching service for Norfolk Southern and CSX. The terminal is only 25 minutes from Florida East Coast Railroad’s intermodal ramp and is located within minutes of I-95 and I-10.

Companies providing service to Jacksonville area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Logistics Services
NVOCCs/Freight Consolidators
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services
Warehousing Services

Transportation

Jacksonville offers intermodal connections throughout the South Atlantic region of the United States.

More than 50 million consumers are within an 8-hour truck drive of all three JAXPORT marine terminals. More than 100 trucking and drayage firms operate in and around Jacksonville’s port.

Jacksonville is served by two Class I railroads — Jacksonville-based CSX Corporation (CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NS) — and one regional railroad, Florida East Coast Railway (FEC):

• CSX provides port customers access to its 22,000-mile network, which reaches 23 states and Canada;
• NS operates 21,300 route miles in 22 Eastern states and Canada; and
• Florida East Coast Railway offers 10 daily departures serving locations from Jacksonville to Miami.

Foreign-Trade Zone #64

Jacksonville’s Foreign-Trade Zone #64 comprises several locations in the city, including hundreds of acres of property at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal and Talleyrand Marine Terminal, the latter of which includes freezer and cold storage facilities. FTZ space is also available at Jacksonville International Airport, which is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. JAXPORT is now able to sponsor FTZ opportunities for businesses located outside Duval County.

The Port is now seeking to add thousands of additional acres to FTZ #64, including JAXPORT’s Dames Point Marine Terminal and several industrial parks. Meanwhile, JAXPORT can temporarily obtain a minor boundary relocation for non-manufacturing operations to quickly cover a site not currently under the FTZ umbrella and then apply for permanent status. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our Jacksonville port profile for contact information.

Future Plans for the Port

Jacksonville’s seaport has four major strategic initiatives for 2009:

• Open and develop new port facilities - Since JAXPORT opened the new 158-acre TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point in January 2009, shippers have enjoyed direct containership access to and from Jacksonville and ports throughout Asia. This trade lane will be bolstered by the anticipated 2013 opening of the Hanjin Container Terminal, a 90-acre facility undergoing site design and permitting this year. The addition of the TraPac and Hanjin terminals triples the container capacity at JAXPORT facilities.
• Deepen the St. Johns River - Plans are underway to deepen the final 5.3 mile section of the St. Johns River’s main shipping channel from its current depth of 38 feet to 41 feet. The project is targeted for completion by Fall 2010. When finished, Jacksonville’s entire 21-mile shipping channel will enjoy a 41-foot depth. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is also continuing to study further deepening of the federal channel to post-Panamax depth. A draft of the study is expected in early 2011.
• Continue to enhance port security - JAXPORT implements tight security standards at its marine terminals, standards which now include the Federal Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC. All regular port users must register with the Department of Homeland Security and carry a TWIC badge to gain access to JAXPORT facilities.
• Expand Foreign-Trade Zone #64 -JAXPORT is working this year to expand Foreign-Trade Zone #64 beyond the borders of the Jacksonville International Airport, International Tradeport, Imeson Industrial Park, and JAXPORT terminals. A larger FTZ #64 would benefit Northeast Florida warehousing and distribution businesses involved in importing, exporting, and manufacturing.

Air Transportation

The Jacksonville area is served by the Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). The airport is located 9 miles north of the central business district of Jacksonville. Jacksonville International Airport has a total of two cargo terminals. The airport’s cargo carriers include Continental Airlines (Air Cargo), Delta Air Cargo, Emery Worldwide, Pilot Air Freight, US Airways, Federal Express, and UPS. In fiscal year 2008, air cargo operators moved more than 163 million pounds of air cargo through JAX.

Major air freight companies operating out of JAX provide 24-hour domestic and worldwide service. JAX’s airside airfreight ramp has some 776,700 square feet on concrete ramp capable of accommodating five B-747s simultaneously and as many as eight smaller aircraft during peak morning and nighttime loading periods. To date, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority has more than tripled the amount of covered air cargo space at the airport, to 215,000 square feet. JAX also has federal inspection service in the airport’s International Arrivals Building. See the Airport Profile section of our Jacksonville port profile for contact information.

Government

The Port of Jacksonville has a full range of government offices located within the port region, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port. In addition, an office of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration is located in Tallahassee.

Port Contact Info
Jacksonville Port Authority 2831 Talleyrand Ave. P.O. Box 3005 Jacksonville, FL 32206-0005 Tel: (904) 357-3000 Fax: (904) 357-3060 info@jaxport.com www.jaxport.com

On December 28, 2007, JAXPORT started enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the JAXPORT was on December 1, 2008.

JAXPORT’s TWIC enrollment center is located at 955 Talleyrand Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32206. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration website and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

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Port of Corpus Christi at a glance

Location: Corpus Christi, Texas

CBP Port Code: 5312

Imports: $24,721,087,868 (2008 data)*

Exports: $4,965,086,893 (2008 data)*

Total: $29,686,174,761 (2008 data)*

The Port of Corpus Christi is mid-way along the Texas coast on the Gulf of Mexico (approximately 150 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border). The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway intersects the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and provides access to the U.S. inland waterway system. The operating draft of the Intracoastal Waterway is 12 feet. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

The primary inbound cargoes at the Port of Corpus Christi include crude oil, gas oil, bauxite ore, fuel oil, feed stock, naphtha, slop & slurry, condensate, reformate, and aggregate-vulcan. The primary outbound cargoes at the port are gasoline, fuel oil, diesel, wheat, feed stock, sorghum, gas oil, alumina, cumene, and caustic soda.

Terminals

The Northside General Cargo Terminal has dockside rail or truck transfer capability with 122,000 ft. of ship-side covered storage and 100,000 ft. of ship-side refrigerated storage. There is a 48-foot-wide canopy over double rail tracks at the rear of the Dock 9 warehouse. There is a Roll-On/Roll-Off ramp designed to handle bow or stern ramp vessels.

The north side of the ship channel includes over 120 acres of open storage area, which can be used for marshaling, storage, and fabrication. A 7-acre, surfaced storage pad is located adjacent to Docks 9 and 10 and the RO/RO ramp.

The Southside General Cargo Terminal features a range of facilities for transferring containers, break-bulk cargo, RO/RO, and heavy lift and project cargo between vessels, railcars, chassis, and trucks. Docks 14 and 15 are designed to facilitate loading and unloading of railcars, trailers, and containers on the land side of the warehouses. Dock-high aprons and RO/RO facilities are available. More than 20,000 ft. (6154 meters) of track are available to support rail operations.

Two 90,000-lb. container capacity lift machines are available for handling containers and other cargo at the Southside Terminal facilities. Two high-speed bagging lines are located near Dock 15. The bagging plant can also be used for seed treatment and is fed from rail or truck hopper dump.

Bulk Dock #1, which is operated by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, is located at the Bulk Terminal, on the north side of Tule Lake Channel in the Inner Harbor. Road access is via Navigation Boulevard. Rail service is provided by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Tex-Mex Railway Co., and Union Pacific Railroad through the Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc. (CCTR). A certified rail track scale is located near the Bulk Terminal for accurate weighing of railcars.

At Bulk Dock #1, coal, ore, minerals and other dry bulk commodities can be discharged directly from vessels to railcars or trucks. This facility can also be used to load vessels when special handling is required. The traveling unloading tower has a free digging rate of 600 short tons per hour using a 15 cubic yard bucket to discharge products weighing 55 pounds per cubic foot. Actual productivity varies depending on the product and type of operation.

Bulk Dock #2, which is also operated by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, is located at the Bulk Terminal on the north side of the Tule Lake Channel in the Inner Harbor. Road access is also via Navigation Boulevard. The same rail service for Bulk Dock #1 is provided for Bulk Dock #2. At  Bulk Dock #2, coal, petroleum coke, and other dry bulk commodities can be loaded directly to vessels from bottom dump railcars, dump trucks, or storage. The radial shiploader is capable of loading products weighing 55 pounds per cubic foot at a maximum rate of 1500 tons per hour. Actual productivity will vary depending on the product and vessel.

The Liquid Bulk area has 11 public oil docks with berths ranging from 246 feet to 1,000 feet, with berth depths up to 45 feet. The largest ship docks are designed to handle 100,000 DWT tankers. Port industries also operate 14 private oil docks, handling a wide variety of petroleum and petrochemical products.

Rincon Industrial Park, located on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, has more than 200 acres of land. It has all utilities available, rail service provided by three carriers, and access to an intracoastal barge canal. Rincon is assessible to US-181 and IH-37. It is also adjacent to the Port of Corpus Christi Northside General Cargo Terminal.

The Port of Corpus Christi cold storage facility is a 100,000 sq. ft (9290 sq. meter) refrigerated facility located on the Gulf of Mexico. The Port serves import and export markets of North America, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Russia. The facility is a full-service operation, providing blast freezing, repacking, and warehousing. The facility has three rooms, two of which can be converted to chill space from -20 °F, and enclosed, temperature-controlled rail, truck, and ship docks. The facility’s latest initiative is installation of a new radio frequency identification system that will allow the port to scan for cargo.

The cold storage facility is located within Foreign Trade Zone No. 122, which helps streamline U.S. Customs paperwork and allows companies to reduce, defer, or avoid duties on imports.

Rail

The Port of Corpus Christi receives service from three rail carriers: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Texas Mexican Railway Company, and Union Pacific Railroad. The port’s public docks are served by 26 miles of port-owned rail lines operated by Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad. All three railroads have access to all docks.

Highways

Several state and federal highways connect Corpus Christi to U.S. and Mexican markets. Interstate 37 and U.S. Highway 181 are located 1 mile from the port.

Companies providing service to Corpus Christi

Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers

Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders

Ocean Carriers & Agents

Trucking Services

Warehousing Services

Foreign Trade Zone #122

Foreign-Trade Zone No. 122 was established September 5, 1985. It was the first continental zone to have an oil refinery subzone and is one of the largest zones, encompassing 24,990 acres. The Port of Corpus Christi is the grantee for FTZ No. 122. As provided by Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 400 (Commerce and Foreign Trade), the port can sponsor a zone within a 60-mile radius or 90-minute drive time. FTZ No. 122 thus extends well beyond port properties, as users and operators are located throughout Corpus Christi as well as other nearby cities.

The Port of Corpus Christi has six general-purpose zones located in industrial parks or on port property. All general-purpose facilities are available for use by the public. The FTZ also includes twelve subzones, which are sites sponsored by a grantee on behalf of an individual firm. Subzones are single-purpose sites that cannot be operated in general-purpose zones — e.g., oil refineries and pigment manufacturers.

In 2005, receipts and transfers of petroleum products made up 87% of the total FTZ activity.

The Port of Corpus Christi’s cold storage facility, which is located within FTZ No. 122, can be activated and is used primarily at year-end to benefit users in avoiding ad valorem taxes. Texas is one of a few states that imposes an ad valorem tax on all tangible personal property. Imported merchandise and domestic merchandise designated for export held within the zone are not subject to this tax. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our Corpus Christi port profile for contact information.

Air Transportation

The Corpus Christi area is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP), which is a city-owned public-used airport. The airport is located 10 miles from downtown Corpus Christi. The air freight service at the airport is handled by Southwest Airlines Cargo, DHL Express, and United Parcel Services (UPS). The airport also has customs available by request. See the Airport Profile section of our Corpus Christi port profile for contact information.

Government

The Port of Corpus Christi has a variety of government offices located within the port region, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification. In addition, the Regional Economic Development Corporation is located in Corpus Christi.

Port Contact Info
Port of Corpus Christi P.O. Box 1541 Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Tel: (361) 882-5633 Fax: (361) 882-7110 www.portofcorpuschristi.com

On November 1, 2007, Port of Corpus Christi started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Corpus Christi was November 28, 2008.

The Port of Corpus Christi TWIC enrollment center is located at 7433 Leopard St., Room 203, Corpus Christi, TX 78409. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of the Corpus Christi Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Seattle at a glance

Location: Seattle, Washington

CBP Port Code: 3001

Imports: $30,212,317,613 (2008 data)*

Exports: $10,267,738,925 (2008 data)*

Total: $40,480,056,538 (2008 data)*

The Port of Seattle plays a key role in bringing international trade, transportation, and travel to the Pacific Northwest. Closer to Asia and Alaska than any other major U.S. seaport, Seattle is a gateway for products moving to and from North America. The Port also owns and operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

About 70% of the port’s containerized cargo originates in or is destined for regions of the country outside the Pacific Northwest. About 1.7 million containers crossed the Port’s docks last year, and Seattle has the capacity to nearly double its current container volume to 3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

Two major U.S. railroads are within two miles of container terminals, and two major interstate highways are within minutes of all terminals. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

The primary inbound cargoes at the Port of Seattle include wearing apparel, motor vehicle parts, footwear, electrical/electronic equipment/parts, games, video games, office and DP machines/parts, furniture, audio equipment, heavy machinery/machines, and toys. The primary outbound cargoes are industrial equipment, oilseed, inorganic chemicals, grains, cereals, frozen fish, beef, pork, poultry, paper, animal feeds, tobacco, and frozen vegetables.

The Port of Seattle’s top trading partners for import/export are China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, the Philippines, and Russia.

Terminals

At Terminal 5, APL has announced it will convert vessels to cleaner-burning, low-sulfur fuel when they call the Port of Seattle. APL’s container terminal in Seattle, Global Gateway North, features on-dock intermodal rail facilities and a computerized terminal operations system. Other steamship lines that call Terminal 5 are Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, and Westwood Shipping Lines.

Terminal 5 occupies 182 acres with three berths at 2,900 feet (884 meters) in length. Berth 1 is 45 feet (14 meters) in depth, and Berths 2 and 3 are 50 feet (15 meters) in depth. The terminal has six post-Panamax container-handling cranes. Refrigerated capacity offers 600 reefer plugs. The terminal has a 30-acre intermodal yard with six working tracks. The loading capacity of 54 five-platform doublestack railcars is equivalent to two full trains. Storage at the terminal covers 80,000 square feet (transit shed) with truck access. There is also an on-site 48,000 sq. ft. facility capable of handling all terminal and equipment repair and maintenance. The terminal operation are handled by Eagle Marine Services.

Terminal 18, the port’s largest container terminal, completed a major expansion in the spring of 2002. Some of the expansion highlights include the addition of 90 acres for a total terminal size of 196 acres; doubled intermodal container rail capacity, enabling cargo to be moved directly onto railcars; and improved access to the container terminal by rail and road grade separations or route changes.

Terminal 18 has four berths at 4,440 feet (1,353 meters). The container berths have a water depth of 50 feet (15 meters), and breakbulk berths have a water depth of 40 feet (12 meters). The terminal has ten post-Panamax container-handling cranes. Refrigerated capacity includes 1,227 reefer plugs. The terminal has a intermodal yard with a loading capacity of 54 five-platform doublestack railcars, equivalent to two full trains. Storage at the terminal covers 97,000 square feet (transit shed). There is also an on-site 30,000 sq. ft. facility for container and chassis repair repair. The terminal operation are handled by SSA Terminals. Steamship lines that call Terminal 18 include China Shipping, CMA CGM, CSAV, Hamburg Sud, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line, Maruba Line, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line, OOCL, and ZIM.

CMA CGM, a new shipping line for the region, will soon be using the terminal. A joint service between CMA CGM and Maersk Line will begin calling at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 18 in June. Seattle will be the first North American port of call, followed by Vancouver, British Columbia. The container ships will then call at a variety of Asian ports before returning to Seattle.

Ships from the two lines will make weekly stops in Seattle. Fourteen vessels, each with a capacity of 6,500 TEUs, will be deployed in the joint service. Maersk and CMA CGM will use the dockside intermodal yard at Terminal 18 to move containers between ships and trains.

The Port of Seattle recently completed a major $20 million modernization project of Terminal 25 for Matson Navigation. Terminal 25 occupies 34 acres with one container berth at 1,580 feet (482 meters) in length. The container berth has a water depth of 50 feet (15 meters). The terminal has three 40 long ton Panamax cranes. Refrigerated capacity is 307 reefer plugs. The terminal is within two miles of two Class I railroads. The terminal operation are handled by SSA Terminals.

Terminal 46 is located on the southeast side of Elliot Bay, just south of downtown Seattle and just north of the the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway’s Seattle Intermodal Gateway rail yard. The port recently completed a $70 million upgrade and expansion of the terminal, and a new lease was signed with Total Terminals International (TTI) and Hanjin. The lease agreement ensures that TTI and Hanjin will remain there until 2015 and perhaps as long as 2025. Other improvements include a new 16-lane truck gate with state-of-the-art optical character recognition technology, new terminal buildings, additional container yard acreage, a stronger pier apron and a new fender system.

Terminal 46 occupies 88 acres with two container berths (a third is available) at 2,300 feet (701 meters) in length. The container berths have a water depth of 50 feet (15 meters). The terminal has five container-handling cranes (three super post-Panamax size and two post-Panamax cranes). Refrigerated capacity is 426 reefer plugs. There is also an on-site 34,000 sq. ft. facility capable of handling all terminal and equipment repair and maintenance. The terminal operation are handled by Total Terminals International. Steamship lines that call Terminal 46 include Hanjin Shipping, China Ocean Shipping Company, “K” Line, and Yang Ming Line

The Port of Seattle also has breakbulk terminals to handle a variety of general and project cargo, including more than 233 acres of space and 8,000 feet of moorage and spacious laydown areas for use by vessels of all types. The port has a 40-acre grain facility, with a capacity of 101,333 metric tons, which offers silo space for grain products such as corn, soybeans, and wheat. There is storage for up to 213,000 barrels of petroleum, molasses, and other liquid cargo, with dockside mobile cranes. The breakbulk terminals have access to four railroad routes to inland markets.

The terminals have integrated real-time computer software system for vessels, rail, and gate operations and access to Interstate 5, Interstate 90, and Interstate 509.

The Port of Seattle is served by two Class I railroads, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and Union Pacific Railroad (UP). BNSF has added capacity and has the potential to reduce emissions at its Seattle International Gateway (SIG) intermodal facility by using four wide-span, electric, rail-mounted gantry cranes. These cranes not only produce zero emissions on site, but allow more flexibility, increase capacity and reduce the need for diesel trucks to move containers within the facility.

Air Transportation

The Seattle area is serviced by the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), which is operated by the Port of Seattle. Sea-Tac Airport is the country’s 20th busiest cargo airport and offers almost 900,000 square feet (85,000 square meters) of cargo warehouse, airmail, and office space for domestic and international air cargo activity. The total air cargo area covers 3 million square feet (280,000 square meters). The airport also has more than 1.5 million square feet of aircraft parking apron, including multiple wide-body and nose-loading 747-F positions. The airport is located 16 miles from downtown Seattle and operates 24/7 year-round. Import and export cargo at the airport in 2008 totaled $23,305,310,734.*

Seattle’s location in the northwest corner of the United States makes it an Asian gateway for much of North America. Sea-Tac also offers trans-Atlantic cargo schedules for its primary catchment area within the Northwest region with nonstop freighter services as well as belly capacity available on nonstop wide-body passenger flights. Sea-Tac currently has nonstop flights to both Europe and Asia. Additional international service is available through Federal Express and Northwest flights connecting in Anchorage.

The Seattle area is also served by the King County International Airport (also known as Boeing Field). The airport is located just 5 miles south of downtown Seattle. The King County International Airport serves small commercial passenger airlines, cargo carriers, private aircraft owners, helicopters, corporate jets, and military and other aircraft. It is also home to the Boeing Company’s 737 aircraft flight-test program, along with other Boeing operations.

Companies providing service to Seattle area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Logistics Services
NVOCCs/Freight Consolidators
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services
Warehousing Services

Foreign-Trade Zone #5

Foreign-Trade Zone #5 has 1.5 million sq. ft. covered and 1,400 acres uncovered storage at the Seattle Harbor and Sea-Tac Airport. Companies can take advantage of zone benefits by using the general purpose zone warehouses. Receiving imported goods through the airport’s general purpose zone, or acquiring sub-zone status, offers an opportunity for companies to reduce certain operating costs that would not apply if they were located in a foreign country. FTZ #5 is sponsored by the Port of Seattle. See the Foreign Trade Zone section of our Seattle port profile for contact information.

Government

There are many government offices located within the port region, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification. In addition, a U.S. Export Assistance Center is located in Seattle.

Port Contact Info
Port of Seattle 2711 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA 98121 Tel: (206) 728-3000 Fax: (206) 728-3280 www.portseattle.org

On December 13, 2007, Port of Seattle started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Seattle was February 28, 2009.

The Port of Seattle TWIC enrollment center is located at 4634 East Marginal Way South, Ste. E-120, Seattle, WA 98134. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

The Future

The Puget Sound Maritime Air Emissions Inventory Project, which will be completed by the end of this year, collects baseline information on a number of air pollutants and their sources within the greater Puget Sound area and in the waters north to the border with Canada. It focuses primarily on diesel-powered maritime sources, such as ships, cargo-handling equipment, locomotives and trucks.

This is the first in a series of collaborative actions by the Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum, a regional voluntary collaboration of ports, maritime entities, air agencies and other parties with operational or regulatory responsibilities related to maritime industry air quality impacts. Led by the Port of Seattle, this effort supports voluntary emissions reductions from maritime-related activities.

This year, the port is focused on retrofitting cargo-handling equipment with alternative fuels. Next year, it will focus on retrofitting trucks. The port plans to work with PACCAR on developing pollution control devices to make them affordable. Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS) is partnering with the port to create educational materials and provide the technical and financial assistance to truckers for technology that reduces fuel consumption and emissions. This partnership will make the same services available to drayage as well as long-haul truckers. Over time, the resulting fuel savings are expected to more than cover the cost of the equipment. Legislative efforts are underway that would help subsidize truck emission control (diesel emission reduction) devices (retrofitting/rebuilding).

Map of the Seattle Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Detroit at a glance

Location: Detroit, Michigan

CBP Port Code:3801

Imports: $60,684,5914,090 (2008 data)*

Exports: $76,852,500,259 (2008 data)*

Total: $137,537,091,349 (2008 data)*

The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority was established in 1978. It is a nonprofit organization based in Detroit, whose mission is to promote commerce and enhance trade opportunities within the global marketplace through the Port of Detroit. Funding for the port authority is provided by the State of Michigan, Wayne County and the City of Detroit.

In July 2004, Detroit Marine Terminal was left without a market and was forced to shut down, due to heavy tariffs on certain foreign-sourced steel products resulting in a collapse in tonnage at the Detroit Marine Terminal. In July 2005, the former Detroit Marine Terminal, now renamed the Port of Detroit, reopened. The Ambassador Port Corp. is the general operator and equity-partner of the facility. Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co. has moved its mobile equipment to the port, with its Ecorse facility complementing the core operations at the Port of Detroit. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

Terminals

The Port of Detroit occupies 35 acres located on the Detroit River, with docks that are approximately 2,150 feet in length, and a seaway depth of 27 feet. The facility has 128,000 square feet of covered storage for rolled steel or other products.

The port includes a functionally 10-story warehouse that sits just southwest of the 35-acre marine terminal, which is currently planned for conversion by the port authority. This approximate 4-acre site will be used for enhanced storage and handling operations of bulk commodities. Part of the property also benefits from being within the boundaries of the state-designated Renaissance Zone.

The primary inbound cargoes at the Port of Detroit include steel, machinery, ferro alloys, and heavy-lift cargo. The primary outbound cargoes at the port include steel, machinery, and heavy-lift cargo.

The Port of Detroit is approximately one quarter mile from Interstate 75 to the north and the Ambassador Bridge to the east. The Ambassador Bridge connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. It is the one of the busiest international land border crossing in North America, accommodating 27% in annual trade between Canada and the United States. Interstates 94 and 96 are within minutes of I-75 and the bridge, as well. Downtown Detroit is approximately 4 miles east. Active rail spurs serve the former Motor City Intermodal property adjacent to, and to the west of, the Port of Detroit. The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority plans to reactivate the rail spurs leading into the Port of Detroit to provide true multi-modal options in downtown Detroit.

Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company offers two terminals, Detroit and Ecorse, both with a variety of services that include truck, rail car, and barge loading and unloading, container stuffing and stripping, securing, cargo sorting, cargo assembling, and short- and long-term storage. The terminal facilities combined have 5,550 ft. of dock length, 199,800 sq. ft. of covered storage and over 80 acres of yard space.

Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company maintains five operating berths, including one berth exclusively for repair and one face berth. These berths extend over 3,400 feet of dock length, with a depth of 27 feet.

The stevedoring service handles many types of cargo and commodities. The facilities can accommodate cargoes such as steel slabs, hot and cold rolled steel coils, and steel plate. In addition, bulk products like mill scale, cold bricketted iron, and other ferrous metal alloy materials and most heavy-lift project cargo, including machine presses and a variety of manufacturing equipment, can also be handled.

Nicholson Terminal’s equipment inventory includes a range of modern cargo-handling equipment. This includes a fleet of forklifts, tractor-trailers, crawler cranes, gantry cranes, magnets, crane buckets and locomotive engines. The 200,000 square feet of warehouse storage facilities, of which 60,000 square feet are heated, are located on approximately 47 acres of property.

The Michigan Marine Terminal is located on the Rouge River. The terminal maintains one operating berth, which is 650 feet and is used exclusively for liquid bulk products, from #2 oils to heavy residual fuels. The terminal has 14 storage tanks and has storage for 442,000-plus barrels of fuel.

The Port of Detroit is served by three Class I railroads: Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS), Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc. (GTW), and CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT). The Delray Connecting Railroad Company serves as the short line for the port.

Air Transportation

The Wayne County Airport Authority is responsible for the management and operation of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Willow Run Airport. The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) is the 12th busiest airport in the United States and one of the busiest in the world. DTW is the largest hub and primary U.S. international gateway for Northwest Airlines. Other cargo carriers at DTW include FedEx, CSA Air, UPS, ABX Air and ASTAR Air Cargo. Import and export cargo at the airport in 2008 totaled $2,715,233,637.*

The airport’s new North Terminal replaces the existing Smith and Berry terminals. Together with the McNamara Terminal, which opened in 2002, DTW features two new terminals, nearly 150 gates, six jet runways, and two modern Federal Inspection Services facilities for international arrivals.

The Willow Run Airport (YIP) is located 7 miles west of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Occupying 2,600 acres, Willow Run serves cargo, corporate, and general aviation clients. The airport offers five runways, a 24-hour FAA tower, and U.S. Customs operations. It accommodates small private planes as well as large international cargo jets. Import and export cargo at the airport in 2008 totaled $641,035.*

Willow Run Airport typically handles over 400,000,000 lbs. of cargo annually, making it one of the nation’s largest airports for landed air freight flown by exclusively cargo aircraft. Willow Run Airport-based carriers transport a wide range of cargo, including high-value automotive and electronic components, emergency medical supplies, on-demand freight, mail and packages. Cargo carriers at YIP include Kalitta Air, National Airlines, Active Aero, Ameristar Jet Charter and USA Jet.

Foreign-Trade Zone

Greater Detroit Foreign Trade Zone, Inc. (GDFTZ) is the grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone #70 and is responsible for the development, marketing, and administration of foreign-trade zones in its grant area, which is essentially the metropolitan Detroit region.

The value of goods leaving GDFTZ zones in 2008 was the highest in more than 10 years. Goods valued at $12.7 billion were shipped from Detroit-area FTZs in 2008, an increase of $700 million over the previous year.

Companies providing service to Detroit area
Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers
Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders
Logistics Services
NVOCCs/Freight Consolidators
Ocean Carriers/Agents
Trucking Services
Warehousing Services

Last year, general-purpose zone activity was the highest it has ever been. The 21 active general-purpose zones served 36 firms and handled 3,298 commodities from 18 different foreign countries. Merchandise forwarded from GDFTZ general-purpose zones was valued at more than $3.1 billion. The value of exports to other countries from these zones was $363.7 million.

During 2008, one subzone was operating in an automotive manufacturing facility, the AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock. Marathon Petroleum Company, L.L.C., in Detroit and Wacker Chemical Corp. in Adrian, Mich., operated the other active subzones. Twenty-one general-purpose zones served a range of companies during 2008 at six locations in the city of Detroit and in Romulus, Riverview, Melvindale, Taylor, Temperance, Troy, Wyandotte, Lincoln Park, Hamtramck, and Highland Park.

Active general-purpose zones included the Detroit International Bridge Co.; Progressive Distribution Centers, Inc., in Detroit and Melvindale; W.F. Whelan Co. in Romulus and Taylor; Metro International Trade Services, Inc., with 10 sites in Romulus, Riverview, and Detroit, among others; and Northwest Airlines, Inc., at Metro Airport. Additional zones were active at Empire Electronics in Troy, Michelin North America in Temperance, and BP Products in Taylor.

Foreign-trade zones permit foreign and domestic goods to be stored, distributed, combined with other foreign or domestic products, or used in manufacturing operations while in the zone. No customs duty is paid on goods in a zone until they are transferred to U.S. commerce. The zones encourage the export of goods since imported goods may be exported from a zone duty-free. See the Foreign-Trade Zone section of our Detroit port profile for contact information.

Government

The Port of Detroit has a full range of government offices located within the port region, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification. In addition, an office of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration is located in Detroit.

Port Contact Info
Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority 8109 E. Jefferson Ave. Detroit, MI 48214 Tel: (313) 331-3842 Fax: (313) 331-5457 www.portdetroit.com

On November 29, 2007, Port of Detroit started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Detroit was on December 1, 2008.

The Port of Detroit TWIC enrollment center is located at c/o Best Western, 21700 West Rd., Woodhaven, MI 48183. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Detroit Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Savannah at a glance

Location: Savannah, Georgia

CBP Port Code: 1703

Imports: $36,347,852,793 (2008 data)*

Exports: $24,165,652,899 (2008 data)*

Total: $60,513,505,692 (2008 data)*

The Port of Savannah, the second largest city and the chief port of Georgia, is situated on the southern bank of the Savannah River approximately 13 miles north of the Atlantic Ocean. The area surrounding Savannah is characterized by flat terrain with extensive marsh land. The Port, which is operated by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), consists of two terminals, Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal, which are both owned and operated by the GPA. Garden City Terminal is Savannah’s dedicated container terminal. The Ocean Terminal is a combination breakbulk and RoRo facility that handles a wide array of cargoes. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details on the various facilities and services available at the Port.

Terminals

A secured, dedicated container terminal owned and operated by the Georgia Ports Authority and supported by a client relations center, the 1,200-acre Garden City Terminal is the fourth-largest container port in the United States and the largest single-terminal operation in North America.

The Garden City terminal has a channel width of 500 feet with 9 berths. The total berthing length is 9,693 feet. The terminal also has reefer service, RoRo services, over 400 acres of container storage and 1.42 milion square feet of warehousing with cold storage available. Garden City Terminal has 37 interchange lanes with 25 pre-check lanes; there are 10 portal approach lanes. Gates 3 and 4 are equipped with 120,000 LB (54,431 KG) capacity truck scales and over-height sensing devices. Fully integrated computer and radio frequency communications are utilized for rapid cargo throughout.

Some 17 high-volume retail import distribution centers take advantage of the port’s intermodal potentia. Together, Savannah-area distribution centers combine to cover over 14 million square feet and generate in excess of 500,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs)  of traffic annually.

On February 23, the GPA announced the arrival of four new super post-Panamax cranes at the Port of Savannah. The new cranes arrived aboard the Dockwise M/V Tern, a specially designed vessel capable of moving large, heavy structures.

With the addition of the new cranes, Garden City Terminal now has the largest fleet (23) of ship-to-shore cranes at one facility in the United States. The new cranes, which can handle super post-Panamax vessels that are 22 containers wide, are expected to be operational by mid-summer 2009. Fully assembled, the cranes are approximately 425 feet long, weigh 1,369 tons and rise 180 feet above the water with a 34-degree incline. The cranes will be powered solely by electricity.

Ocean Terminal is a secured, dedicated breakbulk and RoRo facility owned and operated by the GPA. Forest and solid wood products, steel, industrial and farm equipment, automobiles, project shipments, and heavy-lift cargoes regularly move through the 208-acre, 10-berth facility. The terminal has 6,674 linear feet of deepwater berthing, 1.5 million square feet of covered storage, and 83 acres of open storages. Transit sheds and warehouses are equipped with alongside rail and truck capabilities to expedite the handling of breakbulk and container stripping/stuffing operations.

The Port’s top imports are furniture, retail goods, machinery, hardware/houseware, mineral (tile & stone), toys, food (fish, veg. and beer/wine), automobile, apparel, rugs, sheets, towels and blankets. Based on import container volumes, Northeast Asia is Savannah’s largest partner.

Primary exports through Savannah include wood pulp, paper and paper waste, food (poultry and citrus), clay, fabrics and raw cotton, chemicals, retail goods, machinery, resins and rubber and automotive goods. Based on export container volumes, northeast Asia is the largest export destination.

Rail and Interstate Service

The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal are gateways to rail and road distribution networks to markets across the U.S. Southeast and Midwest. Both terminals are served by Class I railroads. In addition, Garden City Terminal’s on-terminal intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF) provides unrestricted double-stack service to hubs throughout the Midwest, Gulf Coast, and Southeast, including overnight service to Atlanta. Upon request, a privately operated shuttle car is available for on-terminal switching 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Line-haul services are provided by Norfolk Southern Railroad and CSX Transportation.

With regard to highways and road transport, the Port of Savannah has access to Interstates 95 (North/South) and 16 (East/West), which are within minutes of both terminals.

Future Expansion

The Georgia Ports Authority is planning to invest $1.2 billion in expansion projects over the next decade to accommodate the projected growth in global trade.

Garden City Terminal is scheduled to add on average two high-speed super post-Panamax container cranes every 18 months, for a total of 25 cranes, as well as 86 rubber-tired gantries (RTG) as part of long-term developments for a full RTG conversion at the facility. To accommodate larger vessels, the Georgia Ports Authority is in the process of increasing the depth of the Savannah River Navigation Channel from 42 to 48 feet MLW (12.8 to 14.6 meters). Completion of this project is projected for 2010.

Ocean Terminal has acreage available for the development of additional open, paved storage for processing of RoRo cargo.

The GPA anticipates that these expansion projects, together with others identified under the GPA’s long-term strategic development plan, will increase throughput capacity from the current 2.62 million TEUs to 6 million TEUs in 2018.

Foreign-Trade Zone #104

Savannah Airport Commission owns and operates Savannah Foreign-Trade Zone #104. Savannah Foreign-Trade Zone #104 is located at the airport, one mile from Hwy 80, 1.5 miles from Georgia Highway 21, and 3 miles from U.S. Interstate 16, U.S, Interstate 95 and U.S. Highway 17. It is 3.5 miles from the Georgia Ports Authority. The FTZ is a specially designated area where domestic and international merchandise can be placed without formal customs entry and without payment of duties and taxes. The basic purpose of the zone is to encourage international commerce.

The FTZ consist of six sites: Site 1 has 32 acres at the Savannah Int’l Airport and 50,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space; Site 2 has 839 acres at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal and 226 acres at the Ocean Terminal; Site 3 has 1820 acres at the Crossroads Business Center on I-95; Site 4 has 300 acres at the Savannah Port Authority Industrial Park; Site 5 has 24.45 acres at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center; and Site 6 has 1182 acres at Mulberry Grove Plantation at Georgia Ports Authority. See the Foreign Trade Zone section of our Savannah port profile for contact information.

Companies providing service to Savannah

Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers

Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders

Ocean Carriers & Agents

Trucking Services

Warehousing Services

Local Airport

The Savannah area is served by the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV). The airport is located 7 miles northwest of Savannah, just off Interstate 95. SAV has a total of two cargo terminals. The airport cargo carriers include FedEx, Airborne Freight Cargo, and Delta. The cargo facilities include a bonded warehouse and heated storage. Health officials are available, and  dangerous goods and very large/heavy cargo can be accommodated. There is an express/courier center, 50,000 square feet of warehousing, and the 32-acre FTZ site. The airport handled 9,019 tons of cargo (freight/express/mail) during 2008.

Also in the Area

The Savannah area includes a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification.

Port Contact Info
Georgia Ports Authority 2 Main St. Garden City, GA 31408 Tel: (912) 964-3811 Fax: (912) 964-3921 www.gaports.com

On November 11, 2007, Port of Savannah started the enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program’s goal is to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background check and is not a security threat. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Savannah was on December 1, 2008.

The Port of Savannah TWIC enrollment center is located at 5214 Augusta Rd., Garden City, GA 31408. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Savannah Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.

Port of Mobile at a glance

Location: Mobile, Alabama

CBP Port Code: 1901

Imports: $5,867,487,904 (2007 data)*

Exports: $2,271,631,267 (2007 data)*

Total: $8,139,119,171 (2007 data)*

The deep-water Port of Mobile, which is owned and operated by the Alabama State Port Authority, is located along the Mobile River where it empties into Mobile Bay. The Port has direct access to miles of inland and intracoastal waterways serving the Great Lakes, the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys (via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway), and the Gulf of Mexico. The public terminals handle containerized, bulk, breakbulk, roll-on/roll-off, and heavy lift cargoes. The Port has 37 berths and over 3 million square feet of warehousing and open yards. There are three barge unloaders, one barge loader, three stacker/reclaimers, two rail car dumps, and two ship loaders/unloaders. Our Seaport Profile offers subscribers more details of the various facilities and services available at the Port.

The Port’s primary imports are containers, coal, aluminum, iron, steel, copper, lumber, wood pulp, plywood, fence posts, veneers, roll and cut paper, cement, and chemicals. Primary exports include containers, coal, lumber, plywood, wood pulp, laminate, flooring, roll and cut paper, iron, steel, frozen poultry, soybeans, and chemicals.

On January 29, Maersk Line announced that Mobile would be one of the ports added to its Expreso service. The first Maersk vessel in the new service left from Mobile on January 31, 2009. The new Expreso rotation will include the following ports: Manzanillo - Cartagena - Barranquila - Manzanillo - Puerto Limon - Puerto Cortes - Santo Tomas - Mobile - New Orleans - Houston - Progreso - Santo Tomas - Belize Port - Puerto Cortes - Manzanillo.

The Port of Mobile is well-situated for intermodal transportation. It is served by five Class I railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), Canadian National Railway (CN), CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS). There is access to two major interstate highways in Mobile as well. Interstate 10 runs northeast to southwest across the city, while Interstate 65 starts in Mobile at Interstate 10 and runs north. Interstate 165 connects to Interstate 65 north of the city. Other major highways systems include US 31, US 43, US 45, US 90, and US 98.

Mobile Container Terminal LLC, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Terminal Link (a subsidiary of CMA CGM), and the Alabama State Port Authority, officially opened on November 6, 2008.

The terminal is intended to offer an improved option in the U.S. Gulf for reaching Midwest markets, as well as Alabama and neighboring states. The container terminal is adjacent to I-10 and only 5 miles from I-65. Because it possesses a 45-foot channel and 2,000 feet of deepwater berth, the terminal is able to handle most post-Panamax vessels. There is room available for DC expansion close to the terminal and a near-dock rail facility.

The Mobile area is served by the Mobile Regional Airport (MOB). MOB has a total of two cargo terminals. The carriers include Continental, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlink, and United Express. The cargo facilities comprise a bonded warehouse, heated storage, air-conditioned storage, refrigerated storage, animal quarantine, very large/heavy cargo, and an express/courier center. The airport also has customs available on-site, and health officials are available.

Companies providing service to Mobile

Air Cargo/Small Package Carriers

Customs Brokers/Freight Forwarders

Ocean Carriers & Agents

Trucking Services

Warehousing Services

Foreign Trade Zone #82 offers an opportunity for manufacturing or distribution firms to develop additional U.S. and overseas markets. The FTZ offers such services as storage of import/export goods without full customs or government taxes/formalities and duty- free inventory management and control, distribution, and manufacturing. Companies may take advantage of zone benefits by using the general-purpose zone warehouses. A full range of port services is available. See the Foreign Trade Zone section of our Mobile port profile for contact information.

The Mobile area has a variety of government offices, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service port, which has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification.

Port Contact Info
Alabama State Port Authority 250 N. Water St. Mobile, AL 36602 Tel: (251) 441-7003 Fax: (251) 441-7216 www.asdd.com

On October 2, 2008, CBP unveiled the first radiation portal monitors at the Port of Mobile. A radiation portal is a detection device that provides CBP with a passive, non-intrusive means to screen trucks and other conveyances for the presence of nuclear and radiological materials. These systems are capable of detecting various types of radiation emanating from nuclear devices, dirty bombs, special nuclear materials, natural sources, and isotopes commonly used in medicine and industry.

On December 5, 2007, the Port of Mobile started enrollment in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program’s goal is to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background check and is not a security threat. The TWIC compliance date for the Port of Mobile was December 30, 2008.

The TWIC enrollment center is located at 250 N. Water St., Mobile, AL 36602. Hours of operation are Monday thru Friday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. It is open on Saturday as well, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

More information on the TWIC program is available at the Transportation Security Administration Web site and more information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Homeport site.

Map of Mobile Area

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*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.