Port of Pembina
December 10, 2008
Port of Pembina at a glance
Location: Pembina, North Dakota
CBP Port Code: 3401
Imports: $8,026,035,208 (2007 data)*
Exports: $9,577,750,638 (2007 data)*
Total: $17,603,785,846 (2007 data)*
The Pembina Land Port of Entry is located on the 49th parallel between Canada and the United States on Interstate 29, approximately 1 mile north of Pembina, North Dakota. Emerson, Manitoba, is the closest city in Canada.
The port is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The current facility was built in 1998.
The Pembina port of entry processes the following:
- Non-commercial primary and secondary vehicle inspection;
- Commercial primary and secondary vehicle inspection;
- Bus inspection;
- Private aircraft inspection;
- Cargo train inspection; and
- Outbound inspection.
The Port has a variety of technology that can be used to screen and inspect traffic, which includes:
- Radiation portal monitors (RPMs);
- X-ray van;
- Mobile gamma-imaging system;
- Relocateable gamma-imaging system; and
- Rail gamma-imaging system.
Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM) are located in each lane and are used to detect the presence of nuclear or radiological materials. All conveyances entering the United States at the Pembina port of entry are screened through one of 10 RPM’s.
The commercial building has four cargo booths for the clearing of commercial conveyances. The building has a loading dock with six inspection doors that can be utilized for the inspection of freight arriving into the United States. The commercial side has two pieces of non-intrusive inspection equipment: aA mobile gamma imaging system and relocateable gamma imaging system. Both inspection systems utilize a radioactive source to scan conveyances as they enter the United States.
Rail processing is conducted off site at the Noyes, Minnesota, train depot. Two rail lines cross at this depot, and officers from the Pembina port of entry drive over to the depot to clear and inspect trains. A rail gamma imaging system is located on both lines for the non-intrusive inspection of all trains entering the United States. Two off-load facilities are also located at each rail line for the inspection of freight.
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Private aircraft can fly into a small airport just south of the town of Pembina. Officers from the Port drive to that location as well to clear and inspect incoming aircraft when they arrive from Canada.
Foreign-Trade Zone #103 consists of 48 acres located at two Grand Forks, N.D., sites — at the Grand Forks International Airport and in the Grand Forks Industrial Park. The zone grantee and operator is the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority. Both sites are accessible from highways I-29 and US2. The Grand Forks Industrial Park site has a 33,000 sq. ft. building for warehousing activity and open space for firms requiring separate facilities. The Foreign-Trade section of our Pembina port profile offers contact information.
The Pembina port of entry is served by Grand Forks International Airport (GFK). The airport has one cargo terminal and is served by the following airlines: UPS (feeder), Corporate Air, FedEx Express, Mesaba Aviation, Northwest Airlines. The cargo facilities have a capacity of 15,000 metric tons (33,069,000 lbs); they are equipped to handle dangerous goods, radioactive goods, and very large/heavy cargo. There is also an express/courier center. Other airports serving the Pembina area include Minot International Airport and Sloulin Field International Airport. Both airports have Customs available on-site. See the Airport Profile section of our Pembina port profile for contact information.
On December 6, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the arrival of its first Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) on the northern border. This system — in use since 2005 on the southwest border — is intended to enhance border security efforts and support CBP personnel on the ground along the northern border with Canada. The UAS is slated to begin operational flights as early as January 2009. CBP Air Interdiction agents flew the aircraft from Fort Huachuca Army Airfield in Sierra Vista, Ariz., and landed at its permanent duty station at Grand Forks Air Force Base in Grand Forks, N.D.
CBP opened the Grand Forks Air Branch, the fourth of five branches on the northern border, in 2007. Grand Forks provides a strategic, central location for UAS operations in support of law enforcement personnel throughout the region. The terrain, which ranges from densely forested lands on the west and east coasts to open plains in the middle of the country, comprises many sparsely populated lands with limited federal, state, and local law enforcement presence along the immediate border area. CBP hopes that the UAS will serve as a valuable tool in securing U.S. borders and supporting information sharing among law enforcement entities in this vast geography.
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contact Info |
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| Service Port-Pembina 10980 Hwy. 29 Pembina, ND 58271 Tel: (701) 825-6551 Fax: (701) 825-6567 www.cbp.gov |
Map of Pembina Area
*Source for import and export dollar amounts: U.S. Import and Export merchandise trade statistics, USA Trade Online.
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Mediterranean Shipping Company
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