Ports and Locations : Nature's Passage offers service throughout the whole of the United States, operating from over 149 port locations!
Below is an abridged list of the major ports Nature's Passage - America's Trusted Burial at Sea Service - operates out of twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. We stand ready to accomodate any need you have!
Please keep in mind that this is a partial list and that if you live within the United States Nature's Passage guarantees service in ANY location - your options are not limited to these ports. We are MORE than happy to render our services to those who make their home in landlocked states or otherwise unlisted locations. These ports only represent our major bases of operation and we sail out of many hundreds of smaller ports, marinas and harbors.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Alabama
Port of Mobile
The Port of Mobile, Alabama, is the largest and only deep-water port in the state, and is the 14th largest in the United States. It is located along the Mobile River where it empties into Mobile Bay. As of 2003, the Port of Mobile exported 50,214,435 tons.
Alaska
Port of Valdez
VALDEZ is the United States' farthest north ice free port with the best access to Alaska's interior as well as to the United States Pacific Northwest, Northern Canada and Pacific Rim trade routes.
VALDEZ is the southern terminus of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Supertankers navigate the deep, ice-free waters of Valdez Arm each day, handling more than 1.5 million barrels of crude oil.
Port of Anchorage
The Port of Anchorage began operations in September, 1961. 38,000 tons of marine cargo moved across its single berth during that first year. The Port has since expanded to a five-berth terminal providing facilities for the movement of containerized freight, iron and steel products, bulk petroleum and cement. More than 5.0 million tons of various commodities will move across the Port’s docks in 2005.
Port of Nome
The Port of Nome is the transportation and commerce center for Northwest Alaska. The immediate area is rich in gold and mineral potential. A major oil and gas lease sale was held in 1983 for Norton Sound oil exploration and development. Tourism has increased in importance in recent years. Carved ivory and other Eskimo crafts are also a significant part of the trade as well.
Arkansas
Helena Harbor
Located on the Mississippi River at mile 652 AH, Helena Harbor is just 65 miles south of America's acknowledged distribution center, Memphis, Tennessee. Its strategic location provides ready access to the nation's heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transportation as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.
California
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach is the third busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. It is in Long Beach, California and it adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles. It is the fifth busiest gateway by value when compared with all U.S. freight gateways—land, air, and sea.
Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA, the port complex occupies 7,500 acres (30 km²) of land and water along 43 miles (69 km) of waterfront. It adjoins the separate Port of Long Beach.
Port of Port Richmond
Port Richmond, California is one of the largest seaports in America. In 1993 it brought 26,000,000 tons of goods. Most of them were oil and petroleum products. It is located at the end of Canal Boulevard. It also ships cars to dealers in San Francisco, Berkeley, and many other cities. It was built in the 1980s about 30 years after the Kaiser Permanente shipyards closed.
Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fourth busiest container port in the United States; behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Newark. Development of an intermodal container handling system in 2002 culminated over a decade of planning and construction to produce a high volume cargo facility that positions the Port of Oakland for further expansion of West Coast freight market share.
Port of San Diego
The Port of San Diego has one of the few on-dock cold storage facilities on the U.S. West Coast and is the first port of entry on this coast for reefer ships arriving from Latin America. Containers imported by Dole Fresh Fruit Company are offloaded at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and transported to the adjacent cold storage facility. Harborside Refrigerated Services operates the facility, which handles 12,000 metric tons of produce per month.
Port of Stockton
The Port of Stockton is a major inland deep water port in Stockton, California located on the San Joaquin River before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay, eighty miles inland. The port sits on about 1,200 acres, and occupies an island in the San Joaquin Delta, and a portion of a neighborhood known as Boggs Tract.
Located in the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the Port of Stockton boasts first class warehouse storage and handling facilities for both dry and liquid bulk materials, facilities and equipment to handle break-bulk and containerized cargoes by land or by sea. Situated in the hub of four major freeways, two transcontinental railroads, an international waterway and a regional airport, the Port of Stockton is centrally located to provide the optimum service for shipment and storage of product and cargo.
Port of San Francisco
The Port of San Francisco lies on the western edge of the San Francisco Bay at the Golden Gate. It has been called one of the three great natural harbors in the world, but it took two long centuries for navigators from Spain and England to find the anchorage originally called Yerba Buena. A port, as was said in its early days, in which all the fleets of the world could find anchorage.
The larger waterfront area extends from the anchorage of the Golden Gate bridge through the Marina district all the way around the north and then east shore of the city of San Francisco to the city line beyond Candlestick Point.
Port of Redwood City
The Port of Redwood City (37.505° N 122.214° W) is a marine freight terminal on the western side of the southern San Francisco Bay, on the West Coast of the United States.
The Port of Redwood City is the only deepwater port in the South San Francisco Bay. Significant expanses of bay mud are present nearby: in Redwood Creek, Westpoint Slough and especially at the mouth of Redwood Creek, where bay muds extend almost two kilometers into San Francisco Bay. In fact, the Port of Redwood City is the only major California port with significant expanses of natural habitat area in its immediate proximity.
Port of Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme is a small harbor city in Ventura County, California surrounded by Oxnard. The name derives from the Spanish spelling of the Chumash wene me, meaning "resting-place".
The population was 21,845 at the 2000 census. It boasts a south-facing beach, known for its surfing and beach park, which stretches eastward about a mile from the harbor and the naval base and includes a fishing pier.
Connecticut
Port of New Haven
The Port of New Haven is an integral component to the regional economy and is equally beneficial to the transportation infrastructure. New Haven is the largest deepwater port in Connecticut and a leading port of call on the Atlantic Seaboard. Of the 18.4 million short tons of waterborne commerce in Connecticut in 2002, 10.1 million moved through New Haven (55.1%). In the past three years, New Haven’s port traffic has grown by 16.7%, and its share of Connecticut’s total has risen 13%. New Haven primarily receives petroleum; it handled 71.9% of all petroleum movements in Connecticut ports in 2002 (up from 55% in 1999). New Haven also handled 98.7% of all manufactured goods.
Port of Bridgeport
Connecticut's Port of Bridgeport, located in the heart of the most densely populated region in the United States, provides an accessible and non-congested gateway to the entire Northeast. More than 4 million tons of goods flow into Bridgeport Harbor, the second most active port in the state. They include bananas, clementines, coal, sand, gravel, stone, gasoline, and oil.
Port of Stamford
Stamford harbor is primarily industrial in its surrounding land use, however there are also residential and moorings on its shore. The harbor is divided into east and west branches. The Woodland Cemetery and Kosciusko Park peninsula divides the harbor. Both east and west branches have small tidal flat areas along the shores of the peninsula.
Delaware
Port of New Castle
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles (10 km) south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River, at the head of Delaware Bay. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 54,836. One of its famous residents was John Walter Bratton who was raised in New Castle by his grandmother and in his long Broadway career wrote over 250 published songs, the most famous being Teddy Bears' Picnic. New Castle is also the birthplace of military hero Thomas Holcomb.
Port of Wilmington
The Port of Wilmington, Delaware is a full-service deepwater port and marine terminal handling over 400 vessels per year with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of 5 million tons. Today, Delaware's port is the busiest on the Delaware River.
Located at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers, 65 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, the Port is owned and operated by the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC), a corporate entity of the State of Delaware.
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.
Florida
Port of Tampa
The Port of Tampa is located on the western coast or Suncoast of Florida, exactly 35 miles from open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The boundaries of the Port district includes parts of Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Hillsborough River, and Old Tampa Bay.
The port of Tampa is the largest port in the State of Florida, and ranked as the thirteenth largest port in the nation in 1997. Although there are Bulker and Tanker ships, most of the ships that sail in and out of the Port of Tampa are General Cargo ships.
Tampa is also one of America's most popular departure ports for western Caribbean cruises. Five cruise lines sail from the port: Carnival Cruise Lines, Crystal Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Holland America Line, and Celebrity Cruises.
Port of Port Everglades
Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United States's top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port. It is the deepest of all Florida ports.
Port of Miami-Dade
The Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami-Dade is a seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida. It is connected to downtown Miami by Port Boulevard (State Road 886), a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
The port is recognized as the "Cruise Capital of the World" and "Cargo Gateway of the Americas". It has retained its status as the number one cruise/passenger port in the world for well over a decade accommodating the largest cruise ships and the major cruise lines.
As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas", the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States. As a world-class port, the Port of Miami is among an elite group of ports in the world which cater to both cruise ships and containerized cargo.
Port of Jacksonville
The Port of Jacksonville is America's newest port. It carries over 2 million tons of cargo anually. It serves Jacksonville and the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan. It is currently the 38th largest port in the country and second in Florida, behind Tampa. The Port of Jacksonville currently serves cruises to the Bahamas, Mexico, and other Carribean Islands. It also creates nearly 40,000 jobs that help deiliver cargo around the world to place like Tokyo, New York, London, and Singapore.
Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral is a major cruise and cargo port located in Brevard County, Florida. Port Canaveral is the second busiest cruise port in the world with 4.6 million cruise passengers passing through during 2004. Carnival, Disney, Royal Caribbean International, Holland America, and Norwegian Cruise Line are some of the cruise lines which regularly dock at one of the six cruise terminals. The port also bears operations for the casino ships of SunCruz Casinos and Sterling Casinos.
A world-class deep water port, Port Canaveral also has a high volume of cargo traffic. Over three million tons of bulk cargo moves through Port Canaveral each year. Commonly shipped carge includes cement, petroleum and aggregate. The port is equipped with conveyors and hoppers for loading products directly into trucks, and facilities for bulk cargo containers.
Port Manatee
Port Manatee is the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the Panama Canal, providing shippers with speedy access to Pacific Rim markets and their expanding transportation needs. Port Manatee is among Florida’s largest deepwater seaports. It is Fresh Del Monte Produce’s second largest U.S. port facility and is the Southeast’s leading forestry product import facility.
Port of Palm Beach
The Port of Palm Beach is located in Riviera Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County, at coordinates 26°46′01″N, 80°03′04″W. The Port is an independent taxing district, with a five-member board of commissioners elected at large by voters within the district. The Port district covers a land area of 971 square miles or approximately fifty percent of the Palm Beach County area. The port is administered by an Executive Director and professional staff of 49 full time employees.
The Port of Palm Beach is the fourth busiest container port in Florida and the eighteenth busiest in the continental United States. In addition to intermodal capacity, the Port is a major nodal point for the shipment of bulk sugar, molasses, cement, utility fuels, water, produce and breakbulk items.
Port of Panama City
Located on the Gulf coast in Florida's panhandle, Port Panama specializes in breakbulk cargo plus some dry bulk products. The Port has become a catalyst for industrial development in Northwest Florida. Long recognized as a Load Center for Liner Board and Wood Pulp, Port Panama City USA boasts a wide range of satisfied shippers in Bulk and Break-Bulk commodities. A Central Location and the region's most efficient handling and wharfage rates have attracted worldwide shippers of Feed Products, Steel, Machinery & Components, Dry & Liquid Chemicals, Lumber and other inducement products.
Naples
Naples is the crown jewel of Southwest Florida -- nestled on the sun drenched beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Naples is known for world class shopping, dining and abundant, challenging golf courses. It is also, only steps away from island seclusion or the untamed tropical wilderness of The Everglades. Boasting one of the nation's best sandboxes and calmest seas, Naples makes a splash with water lovers and recreationists. Friendly parks beckon sports enthusiasts and picnickers with lovely green spaces and recreational facilities. Nature's Passage operates out of a number of marinas in the Naples area including: Bayfront, Cedar Bay, Esplanade, Factory Bay and Gulfshores.
Georgia
Port of Savannah
The Port of Savannah is a major United States of America seaport, located in Savannah, Georgia, just up the Savannah River from the Atlantic Ocean and is operated by the Georgia Ports Authority. It primarily competes with the nearby Port of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina to the northeast, and the Port of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida to the south. There is also a smaller Port of Brunswick located at Brunswick, Georgia.
Between 2000 and 2005 alone, the Port of Savannah was the fastest growing seaport in the United States of America with a compounded annual growth rate of 16.5 percent, while the national average was 9.7 percent.
Port of Brunswick
The coast of Georgia is an inward curve with the Port of Brunswick located in the apex of this "Georgia Bight." (A bight is a bend in a coast forming an open bay). The Port of Brunswick was recognized as an official port of entry in 1789, by the Fifth Act of Congress. Signed by President George Washington, this act authorized New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, Savannah, and Brunswick among others as seaports.
The Port of Brunswick has gained recognition as one of the most productive ports on the East Coast for handling automobiles, heavy equipment and machinery, wood pulp, liner board, paper products, wheat, corn, soybeans, animal feed, gypsum, limestone, and perlite.
With the completion of the new Sydney Lanier Bridge in early 2002 and the harbor deepening project, the Port of Brunswick will be able to accommodate even larger vessels. This will further enhance growth and prosperity for Glynn County and Georgia's statewide community.
Hawaii
Port of Honolulu
Honolulu Harbor, also called Kulolia and Ke Awa O Kou, is the principal seaport of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii in the United States. It is from Honolulu Harbor, located on Mamala Bay, that the City & County of Honolulu was developed and urbanized, in an outward fashion, over the course of the modern history of the island of Oahu. Surrounding Honolulu Harbor is downtown Honolulu.
Honolulu Harbor is administered by the Hawaii State Department of Transportation Harbors Division. Honolulu Harbor handles over 11 million tons of cargo annually. The services that the harbor provides are crucial as Hawaii imports over eighty percent of its required goods.
Ports in Oahu
The Island of Oahu is distinguished by three of the State's nine commercial harbors - Barbers Point, Kewalo Basin and Honolulu Harbor. Barbers Point Harbor, on the leeward, westerly side of the island, is in the vicinity of the developing city of Kapolei, while Kewalo Basin and Honolulu Harbor are located on the leeward, south shore, in the only well-sheltered area available for commercial purpose. Nature's Passage operates out of all nine of these ports on a 24/7 basis, ready to deploy at a moment's notice to extend our services to you.
Port of Kahului
Kahului is Maui's largest city and home to many locals that work on the other side of Maui in the tourist areas. Kahului (and nearby Wailuku) are considered the business and commercial center of Maui. Both the Maui harbor and airport are located right in Kahului. The main port on Maui is Kahului Harbor right in Kahului. The port is only 5 minutes from Maui's International Airport and only about 5 to 10 minutes from the town of Kahului.
Kawaihae Harbor
Kawaihae Harbor, located along the northwest coast of the Island of Hawaii, is one of two deep-draft ports serving the island. The harbor accommodates commercial, military, and recreational users. In recent years, cargo volume handled at Kawaihae Harbor has expanded significantly in response to increasing population and development of West Hawaii. A 2650-ft long rubble- mound breakwater along an exposed coral reef protects the harbor from ocean waves. The harbor entrance is about 700 ft wide, facing northwest. Commercial piers are located along the northeast side of the harbor. Military facilities occupy the south corner of the harbor, and recreational vessels use the eastern end. Water depth is 40 ft in the Federal entrance channel and 35 ft in the harbor basin and commercial pier areas.
Illinois
Port of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, America’s crossroads, the nations’s transportation hub — where all modes of travel and freight movement intersect. Five federal highways and six of America’s major railroads pass through Chicago. Chicago’s airports have been critical to the global aviation system since the dawn of flight. And, well before trucks, trains, jets and planes moved people and freight, Chicago’s port facilities played a central role in America’s transportation system.
Today, the Port of Chicago remains the link between the inland-river system, the Great Lakes and the global marketplace. From Chicago, deep-draft commercial ships can reach the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence Seaway while barge traffic can reach the Gulf of Mexico through the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.
Indiana
Indiana Harbor
Indiana Harbor is located on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan in the town of East Chicago, Indiana. East Chicago is located about 10 miles from Chicago Harbor. The harbor is not natural as it was built with the authorization of the River and Harbor Act of 1913. The main commodities going through the harbor are iron ore, steel, petroleum-based products, limestone, and other bulk objects. The depth of the harbor depends on the level of Lake Michigan.
Port of Indiana/Burns Waterway Harbor
The Port of Indiana, officially the Burns Waterway Harbor, is an industrial area, founded in 1965 and located on the Lake Michigan shore of Indiana at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Indiana 249. The primary work done in the area is the manufacturing of steel, and the port area is dominated by steel mills. The port is divided between the municipalities of Burns Harbor and Portage.
Port of Gary/Buffington Harbor
The Buffington Harbor is located on the shores of Gary, Indiana USA. It is home to restaurants, hotels, and two casino boats owned by Don Barden.
Buffington Harbor is protected on the west by a 2,000-foot pier, while a 1,200-foot breakwater extends east from the end of the pier. At the extremity of the breakwater is Buffington light, built appropriately of concrete and visible for thirteen miles. The lighthouse has a focal plane of forty-eight feet and exhibits a red light.
Kentucky
Port of Louisville
Louisville is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 16th or 27th largest city in the United States. The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Louisville is most famous as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports": the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Louisville is situated in north-central Kentucky on the Kentucky-Indiana border at the only natural obstacle in the Ohio River, the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is the county seat of Jefferson County, and since 2003, the city's borders are contiguous with those of the county due to merger. Because it includes counties in Southern Indiana, the Louisville metropolitan area is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana. A resident of Louisville is referred to as a Louisvillian. Influenced by both Midwestern and Southern culture, Louisville is often referred to as the northernmost Southern city and southernmost Northern city in the United States.
Louisiana
Port of South Louisiana
The Port of South Louisiana is the largest volume shipping port in the Western Hemisphere and 4th largest in the world. It is the largest bulk cargo port in the world.
It extends 54 miles along the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, centering approximately at LaPlace, Louisiana, which serves as the Port's headquarters location.
Port of New Orleans
The Port of New Orleans is a port located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the 5th largest port in the United States based on volume of cargo handled, second-largest in the state after the Port of South Louisiana, and 12th largest in the U.S. based on value of cargo. It also has the longest wharf in the world, which is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) long and can accommodate 15 vessels at one time.
The Port of New Orleans handles about 84 million short tons of cargo a year. The Port of South Louisiana, based in the New Orleans suburb of LaPlace, handles 199 million short tons. The two combined form the largest port system in the world by bulk tonnage, and the world's fourth largest by annual volume handled. For its part, the Port of New Orleans refers to itself as being "at the center of the world’s busiest port complex."
Port of Greater Baton Rouge
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is strategically located on the Mississippi River and is an integral part of the Louisiana maritime industry and overall economy. Handling a diverse range of cargo and accommodating special requests is a trademark of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, and we have proof: the Port of Greater Baton Rouge ranks among the top ten ports in total tonnage.
The Port’s excellent infrastructure and connectivity provides direct access to ship, barge, truck and rail. The Port's strategic location provides ready access to the nation’s heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transportation as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.
Port of Lake Charles
The Port of Lake Charles is an industrial port based in the city of Lake Charles. It provides many jobs of the city It is the sixteenth largest seaport in the United States, 4th largest liner service seaport in the U.S. Gulf and a major West Gulf container load center with the Calcasieu Ship Channel providing direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, 34 miles downstream from the city docks. The ship channel intersects the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway just north of Calcasieu Lake. The Ship Channel has a project depth of 40 feet and a bottom width of 400 feet.
Port of Plaquemines
About 20 miles south of the Port of New Orleans and hours closer to the open water of the Gulf of Mexico, the Plaquemines Port serves as the gateway to the largest port system in the world. Strategically located at the mouth of the 19,000-mile Mississippi River System and the energy rich Gulf of Mexico, Plaquemines is consistently ranked among the top ports in the country.
Maine
Port of Portland
As its name suggests, the Portland area is strongly linked to the sea. The port is the heart, the soul- and to a large extent, the muscle- of these dynamic cities. From containerships to luxury cruise ships, Portland harbor can handle the largest seagoing vessels. At the same time, the harbor is dotted with ferries and colorful pleasure boats. The Port of Portland is a working waterfront but, it has a playful side.
Throughout its long history, Portland has attracted shippers to its port. The natural deepwater, ice free harbor is among the best-protected on the East Coast. Commercial fleets as well as passenger boats find a welcome refuge at the port- as they enjoy the rare beauty and great opportunities the Portland area provides.
Port of Searsport
Searsport is located at the heart of Penobscot Bay. The port has recently undergone a major reconstruction effort positioning it to effectively serve the needs of shippers moving product both into and out of Maine, and through the onsite rail yard of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, to provide service to the heartlands of both the US and Canada.
Maryland
Port of Baltimore/Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore
The Port of Baltimore has a vital role in Maryland's economic development, generating $1.5 billion in annual revenue and supporting 33,700 jobs. It serves over 50 ocean carriers making nearly 1,800 annual visits. The Port's container capacity increased by 50% with the opening in 1990 of Seagirt Marine Terminal, a 275-acre center for automated cargo-handling. General cargo moving through the Port of in 2002 amounted to 38,800,000 short tons (23,600,000 foreign; 15,200,000 domestic). Foreign cargo increased by 7% over the previous year.
Massachusetts
Port of Boston
The Port of Boston is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston. It is the largest port in Massachusetts as well as being one of the principal ports on the east coast of the United States.
The Port of Boston was historically important for the growth of the City of Boston, and was originally located in what is now the downtown area of the city. Land reclamation and conversion to other uses means that downtown area no longer handles commercial traffic, although there is still considerable ferry and leisure usage of the downtown waterfront. Today the principal cargo handling facilities are located in the Boston neighborhoods of Charlestown, East Boston, and South Boston, and in the neighbouring city of Everett.
Port of Fall River
Fall River's harbor has always been one of its great assets. Second only to Boston in terms of cargo volume, the Port of Fall River stands ready to service your shipping needs.
The port facilities are located on the exact site of the Old Fall River Line steamship service on the southern coast of Massachusetts. Fall River is recognized as a safe, natural harbor accessible through a protected channel in beautiful Narragansett Bay. The port offers a variety of shipping opportunities, with two deep-water berths, three rail spurs and a 96,000-square-foot storage terminal on 10 acres of adjacent land.
Port of New Bedford
New Bedford is nicknamed "The Whaling City" due to the fact that it was one of the most important ports for the whaling industry. The city is considered one of the two major cities along the area of Massachusetts known as the South Coast (along with Fall River).
The Port of New Bedford serves as a break-bulk handler of perishable items, including fruit and fish; the port also handles other cargo. For 2006, the port expected upwards of 30 cruise ship calls. One public and several private marinas offer limited transient dockage for recreational boats. As of November, 2005, the port is the top U.S. fishing port in terms of dollar value of catch.
Michigan
Port of Detroit
The Detroit River is a 32-mile strait, a water passageway that separates Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada. The word Detroit means “strait” in French. This waterway has held the reputation as an important route for commercial traffic since the development of the steamboat and the opening of the Erie Canal. The city of Detroit lines the banks of the Detroit River for 13 miles and is directly linked by water to all world markets through the International Port located on the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. The Port of Detroit is 618 miles from the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The narrowest width of this strait is a half-mile and its average depth is 40 feet. Without this economic transportation lifeline, the Detroit River, Detroit would not have become such an industrial giant. If you want to feel the splendor of this waterway, go to the lounge at the top of the Renaissance Center and watch the ships pass by. Or, you can find a place where you can walk down by the waterside and you will see ships up to 1,000 feet interrupt your view of Windsor, Canada.
Port Escanaba
The word "Escanaba" roughly translates from various regional native languages to "flat rock". Escanaba began as a port town in the mid 1800s, gaining importance to the Union as a shipping point for iron ore, lumber and copper during the Civil War. In his poem "The Song of Hiawatha", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described how Hiawatha "crossed the rushing Esconaba" referring to the river. Located on Little Bay de Noc at the northern edge of Lake Michigan, Escanaba continues to serve as an important shipping point for iron ore to other Great Lakes ports, especially south to Chicago and northern Indiana. The paper mill, currently operated by NewPage Corporation, on the outskirts of the city is now its largest employer.
Port of Muskegon
The Port of Muskegon, a Michigan Port of Entry and a multi-modal ship-rail-truck port and storage center, offers water access to the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and beyond. Summer of 2004 saw the start of a cross-lake ferry service between Milwaukee and Muskegon. The 192-foot catamaran Lake Express transports up to 46 cars and 250 passengers across Lake Michigan in about two and a half hours, making it the first high-speed auto/passenger vessel to connect ports within the continental United States. The ship makes three round trips daily through the summer, and two per day in spring and fall.
Port of Alpena
Alpena’s Marina, the warm and friendly port that is located on Lake Huron's Thunder Bay. The marina is a full service marina that is owned by the City of Alpena, and operated by Thunder Bay Shores Marine, Inc., under the direction of Michael Connolly and Richard McTaggart.
Some of the services Alpena's marina offers are a maintenance/repair facility, a marina store, dock hands to help boaters cast off and tie up, refueling of boats with either gasoline or diesel, and a sewage pump-out station. Dockhands are available 7 days a week and 16 hours a day (6 a.m. to 10 p.m.) from June 1 through the Labor Day weekend for the convenience of boaters. Since the marina is located in Alpena's Downtown District, it is only a short distance away from stores and restaurants. So, come and find out for yourself why Alpena's Marina is truly a warm and friendly port.
Port of Monroe
The Port of Monroe offers industrial businesses excellent features for transporting bulk, raw materials. It is Michigan's only port on Lake Erie, and has immediate access to rail and highways. The port also offers 328 acres of land available for development.
Minnesota
Twin Ports
The Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the westernmost of North America's Great Lakes). They are twin cities and seaports, connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway. There are 275,486 people in the region (2000 census).
The area is home to two very long bridges: the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge (carrying U.S. Highway 2) and the John A. Blatnik Bridge (carrying I-535 and U.S. 53). While their central spans are not notably lengthy, the overall lengths are very impressive, with each reaching across more than 1.5 miles (2.5 km) of water.
Port of Two Harbors
Two Harbors is a main port for the loading of iron ore. The first ship to leave this port with iron ore was in 1884. As the traffic increased, the need for a lighthouse grew. The first light being built in 1892 with the breakwater and the second light a few years after that. In 1970 the original fourth order lens was replaced with a airport beacon and in 1981 it was fully automated. The U.S. Coast Guard operated this station until 1987, when it was turned over to the Lake County Historical Society. Today the lights are still active along with the huge Railroad loading docks.
Silver Bay Marina
The State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Corps of Engineers completed construction of the first harbor of refuge/marina on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The Marina opened in August of 1999.
The facility is located on the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior approximately 55 miles northeast of Duluth, Minnesota, adjacent to U.S. Highway 61; with GPS Coordinates as follows: Two blocks out at 47.16.00 North by 91.16.00 West-Mouth of harbor is 47.16.08 North by 91.16.39 West. Although the facility was built by the U.S.Corps of Engineers and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the City of Silver Bay is the marina operator. The approximate marina season is May 15 to October 15, but will be dependent upon weather conditions. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days per week(8 a.m. to 4 p.m. after Labor Day). The Administration Building offers bathrooms, showers, laundry facilities and a concession stand. The marina monitors channel 16 on the marine radio. The marina offers guest boater and seasonal slip rentals, gas and diesel sales, and sewer pump-outs. Other merchandise is available.
Port of Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, the two cities form the core of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States with about three million residents. Vital to the Twin Cities' role as a primary transportation hub is the port of Minneapolis, which together with the port of Saint Paul processes annually more than 11 million tons of cargo to and from domestic and foreign markets.
Mississippi
Port of Pascagoula
The Port of Pascagoula is centrally located on the Gulf of Mexico, with convenient and efficient transportation outlets. The proximity to deep water shipping lanes requires an average pilotage time of 60 to 90 minutes. Public terminals in the West Harbor and East Harbor are geared to accommodate efficient handling of cargo.
Port of Greenville
In the middle of the Mississippi Delta-a region known for its flat land and blues music-you'll find scenic Greenville. The county seat, Greenville was named for Revolutionary War hero Nathaniel Greene, a close friend of George Washington, for whom the county was named when it was founded in 1827.
The Delta's largest river port city, Greenville is home to about 42,000 residents and is well known for its shipping and towboat industry.
Missouri
Port of St. Louis
St. Louis is the country's second largest inland port with barge connections to 29 U.S. metropolitan centers and the world via the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
Port of Kansas City
The Kansas City region has a rich history as a center for commerce. Its heartland, river-based location made it a natural crossroads for transcontinental rail, interstate, and waterway. Through its history, Greater Kansas City has established itself as the leading center for trade and distribution within the central United States and is emerging now as a leader in international trade as America's inland port solution.
New Hampshire
Port of Portsmouth/New Hampshire
As a working harbor, Portsmouth has a proud heritage spanning 400 years of service to the shipping community. With a deep natural harbor and river, Portsmouth is one of the oldest working ports in the United States.
In total, about five million tons of cargo enter or exit Portsmouth Harbor each year. Vessels of all types visit the Port Authority, including general purpose liners, bulk carriers, passenger ships, container carriers, feeder vessels and barges. Fresh water, stores, bunkers, telephones and a heliport site are available.
Today, activity at the Port includes pleasure boating and sport and commercial fishing in addition to bulk and general cargo transport to and from points worldwide. The Port's strategic location makes it ideal for import/export with European trading partners as well as businesses in the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific Rim.
New Jersey
Port of Paulsboro
The port facility at Paulsboro is the most active in the state, with 26.9 million tons of cargo (primarily petroleum) handled in 2000.
Port of Camden-Gloucester
The Port of Camden, which was founded in 1834, is a vital member of the world maritime community. And while the Port of Camden is considered small compared to other ports in this region, and throughout the world for that matter, this port handled a record-breaking three million tons of cargo last year. That included fruit, scrap, steel, cement, mineral ores, and container shipments. Most notably, the Port of Camden is one of the largest importers of cocoa beans on the East Coast and the largest importer of wood products in the United States.
Situated on the Delaware River, with access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Port of Camden handles breakbulk and bulk cargo. The port consists of two terminals: the Beckett Street Terminal and the Broadway Terminal (commonly known as the Port of Camden). The port receives hundreds of ships moving international and domestic cargo annually.
New York
Port of New York/New Jersey
The Port of New York/New Jersey is the largest port complex on the East Coast of North America and is located at the hub of the most concentrated and affluent consumer market in the world, with immediate access to the most extensive interstate highway and rail networks in the region. In addition, The Port Authority directly oversees the operation of seven cargo terminals in the New York-New Jersey region. Each terminal offers comprehensive shipping services, a qualified, highly productive labor force and competitive pricing. The Port also provides a fast and efficient rail and trucking services.
Port of Port Jefferson
The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 census, the village population was 7,837. The downtown section of the village by the water is always alive every summer weekend with people crowding the sidewalks.
Port Jefferson at one time was a small ship building community, with the name Drowned Meadow. The community leaders, realizing this was a poor name for the ship building business, eventually changed its name to Port Jefferson after President Thomas Jefferson. The town was once a major whaling port, especially in the 1880's.
The 350 ft pier on the site was opened in May 2002 and previously provided tie-up for tankers and barges delivering bulk petroleum to the Mobil Oil terminal. The pier was refurbished with a 12 ft. wide decking and railings to allow recreational use such as fishing or just walking out to enjoy the magnificent views of the harbor or a sunset. In addition to serving as an important recreational asset, the pier also serves as the home base of the Seawolf, the marine research vessel for Stonybrook University.
Port of Buffalo
The Port of Buffalo, owned and operated by Gateway Metroport, ranks 28th amoung all U.S. seaports and seventh of the Great Lakes ports.
Located at the eastern end of Lake Erie, it is 22 miles from Port Colborne, Ontario, the Welland Canal's terminus on Lake Erie, and is the first major U.S. port of call encountered on entering the Great Lakes. Its central location within 500 miles of the major population and distribution centers of the Northeast and North Central States, and within 500 miles of 75 percent of the Canadian population, makes it ideal for industry and distribution.
The Port has excellent facilities: piers with 27 feet of water (Seaway standard depth) alongside, can accommodate seven vessels simultaneously.
Freeport/Hempstead Marina
Freeport is located on the south shore of Long Island. The south part of the village is penetrated by several canals that allow access to the Atlantic Ocean by means of passage through salt marshes; the oldest of these canals is the late 19th century Woodcleft Canal. Freeport has extensive small boat facilities and a resident fishing fleet, as well as charter and open fishing boats. In the early years Freeport was a tourist and sportsman's destination for its boating and fishing, but after World War II the village became a bedroom community for New York City.
Freeport is also the gateway to Jones Beach, one of the largest state beaches in New York. One famous area is the Town of Hempstead Marina, where people from all over Long Island dock their boats. Freeport is a 40-45 minute ride by the Long Island Rail Road to Manhattan, making the trip an easy commute to New York City.
East Hampton/Montauk Harbor
Montauk Harbor is the most easterly part of Long Island, approximately 100 miles from NYC and is one of Long Island's most popular summer retreats.
Montauk Harbor serves as a great stopover spot for those on their first trip to Block Island who are concerned about weather conditions and looking for the right tides. Block Island is only 12 miles away from Montauk Harbor and on a clear day you will be able to see Block Island in the distance. On normal summer when visibility is less than 5 miles, it doesn't take long to make out Block Island out on the horizon. Montauk has lots of traffic, commercial fishing and private fishing craft seem to parade constantly in and out of the harbor.
Montauk Harbor is one of the busiest commercial fishing ports in New York State, and a major destination for over 20,000 tourists every summer.
North Carolina
Port of Wilmington
Located on the east bank of the Cape Fear River, the Port of Wilmington offers facilities to handle containerized, bulk and breakbulk cargoes. The Port's new 42-foot channel allows current container vessel customers an additional 15% vessel capacity. The port has direct interstate access to Interstates 95 and 40 and daily train service from CSX Railways. Wilmington is one of the few South Atlantic ports with readily available berths and container storage areas and equipment.
With the volume of international trade expected to double by 2020, forward-looking businesses and industries can get ahead of the curve by taking advantage of the services offered by the North Carolina State Ports Authority. North Carolina's Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and in the Piedmont Triad at Greensboro, are "ready, willing and able" to serve as competitive alternatives to ports in neighboring states for competitive access to the global markets. Owned and operated by the Ports Authority, North Carolina's port system combines modern facilities and abundant capacity with the commitment to excel in service to our customers.
Port of Morehead City
The 45-foot channel at the Port of Morehead City makes it one of the deepest ports on the U.S. East Coast. Only 4 miles from the ocean, the port handles breakbulk and bulk cargo with access to Interstates 95 and 40 via U.S. Highways 70 and 17 and daily train service from Norfolk Southern.
With the volume of international trade expected to double by 2020, forward-looking businesses and industries can get ahead of the curve by taking advantage of the services offered by the North Carolina State Ports Authority. North Carolina's Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and in the Piedmont Triad at Greensboro, are "ready, willing and able" to serve as competitive alternatives to ports in neighboring states for competitive access to the global markets. Owned and operated by the Ports Authority, North Carolina's port system combines modern facilities and abundant capacity with the commitment to excel in service to our customers.
Ohio
Port of Cleveland
The city of Cleveland began shipping operations at the Port of Cleveland in 1825. During its first year of operation, the port recorded $38,000 in exports and imports of $196,000. Now the third largest port on the Great Lakes, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority averages nearly $1 billion annually in imports and exports.
Port of Cincinnati
The Port of Cincinnati handles more than 46 million tons of commerce each year — more than passes through the Panama Canal. Nearly 200 barges per day carry roughly the equivalent of 11,500 truckloads of coal, oil and petroleum products, and grain. The downtown riverfront is a center of development, entertainment and recreation.
Port of Ashtabula
At the turn of the 20th century, Ashtabula Harbor was a bustling port town. Ore and coal docks dominated the landscape making Ashtabula Harbor one of the largest ports in the world. Huletts or ore unloaders worked 24 hours a day unloading cargo from a ship's hold. Workers needing to keep up with the demand, immigrated from Scandinavia, Italy, England, Scotland and Portugal. Today Nature's Passage has established a base of operations in the area and is prepared to serve you twenty four hours a day, seven days a week!
Port of Toledo
The Port of Toledo, located at the confluence of the Maumee River and the western basin of Lake Erie, links producers and consumers to domestic and international markets. With nearly seven miles of seaway draft waterfront and integrated access to rail, trucking, and air transport modes, the Port of Toledo is one of the busiest and most diverse transportation centers on the Great Lakes. Cargos from corn to coal to metal products along with numerous other dry and liquid goods are handled by well-trained crews and supported by a team of economic professionals. There’s plenty of room to grow; facilities and land exist for development and Port Authority professionals are ready to help.
Toledo is located at a national crossroads of four railroads and two transcontinental highways. Forty-three percent of the U.S. industrial market and forty-seven percent of the Canadian market are located within a one day drive (500 mile radius) of Toledo.
Port of Sandusky/Port Clinton
Located on the north coast of Lake Erie, Port Clinton is the gateway to world-class fishing, boating, beaches, golf and sightseeing, and conducive to business transportation. Major state arteries S.R. 2 and S.R. 53 link Port Clinton to Toledo and Cleveland, as well as I-80/90. The major midwest north/south I-75 intersects the Ohio Turnpike just 35 miles to the west. It seems all roads lead to the lake in Ottawa County bringing business and visitors to Port Clinton year round.A local airport, the Ottawa-Erie County Regional airport, just two miles east of the town, serves small aircraft and three major airports are less than 1 1/2 hours away: Toledo Express; Detroit Metropolitan; and Cleveland-Hopkins.
Port of Lorain
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 68,652 making it Ohio's 10th largest city. Lorain is located in Northeast Ohio, on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, west of Cleveland.
Oklahoma
Tulsa Port of Catoosa
The Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located near the city of Catoosa in Rogers County, just inside the municipal fenceline of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Located at the head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, it handles shipping loads through its waterway access to the Arkansas River via the Verdigris River. The Tulsa Port of Catoosa offers year round, ice-free barge service with river flow levels controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Located in a 2,000 acre industrial park and employing more than 2,500 people, the port ships manufactured goods and agricultural products from Oklahoma to the rest of the world.
This port is the largest in Oklahoma, as well as the only port that handles international cargo. Located just 15 minutes from the Tulsa International Airport, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is an economic powerhouse for the entire region.
Oregon
Port of Coos Bay
Coos Bay is the largest coastal deep-draft harbor between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound and is the second busiest maritime commerce center in Oregon. Coos Bay's short 15-mile channel helps ensure that inbound and outbound cargoes move rapidly and efficiently through the harbor's marine terminals to domestic and international markets.
Pennsylvania
Port of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania's Port of Pittsburgh directly reaches markets in 24 states. Pittsburgh sits at the northeastern end of the nation's 9,000-mile inland waterway system, which will help you reach markets as far west as Sioux City and as far south as New Orleans - with access to the Gulf of Mexico and beyond.
The port's three major waterways move more than 44 million tons of waterborne cargo each year, making it the 2nd largest inland port in the U.S. With more than 200 river terminals, the Port of Pittsburgh is the origin of destination for more tons of raw materials than any other port in the world. Its three rivers are part of an inter-modal network that also includes two major railroads and four interstate highways.
Port of Philadelphia
The Port of Philadelphia, within the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is strategically located at the center of the Northeast Corridor. It handles a large amount of containerized traffic, making it the second largest port (by volume) in North America. Its rank by tonnage is much less, however, and it even ranks behind Pittsburgh under that measure of activity ( Source: US Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce by Tonnage, 2002).
Port of Erie/Presque Isle
The Port of Erie is located on the southeast shore of Lake Erie in a natural bay formed and sheltered by Presque Isle peninsula. Originally home to the Eriez Indians of the Iroquois family, Lake Erie's trade and military advantage brought settlers from Britain, France, and America.
Today, the crystal clear waters of Lake Erie offer local residents and visitors from around the world yearlong recreation and relaxing natural beauty.
Erie is homeport of the United States Brig Niagara, Oliver Hazrad Perry's flagship. The Niagara is a living, three-dimensional part of America's history berthed in the Erie Maritime Museum. When she is not sailing the waters of Presque Isle Bay, the Niagara visits ports of call throughout the country.
Puerto Rico
Port of San Juan
San Juan is known as "La Ciudad Amurallada" (the walled city). San Juan was founded in 1521. In 1508 Juan Ponce de León founded the original settlement, Caparra, now known as Pueblo Viejo, behind the almost land-locked harbor just to the west of the present metropolitan area.
San Juan is a major port and tourist resort of the West Indies and is the oldest city under the U.S flag. San Juan is the largest home-based cruise port in the world. Twenty-eight vessels use San Juan as their home port, and each year new cruise ships either originate or call at the port.
Port of the Americas (Port of Ponce)
The Port of the Americas Rafael Cordero Santiago is a megaport currently under construction in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The project aims to convert the current Port of Ponce into an international shipping hub similar to, though not as large as, the megaports located in Singapore and Rotterdam.
Rhode Island
Port of Providence/"ProvPort"
ProvPort is New England’s premier deep water multimodal facility for international and domestic trade. Strategically located in Rhode Island’s Providence Harbor, ProvPort has easy rail and highway access to all major cities throughout the northeastern United States and Canada.
A fully licensed, bonded specialty cargo port managing bulk and breakbulk commodities - anything from heavy machinery to lumber to chemicals and more - ProvPort’s 105-acre site offers a variety of transshipment and storage facility options, meeting customer needs by coordinating the most advantageous means of moving cargo to final destinations.
ProvPort’s powerful mix of location, facilities and professionalism results in quicker vessel turnaround times that maximize loading/discharging operations safely, economically and expeditiously.
South Carolina
Port of Charleston
Charleston is a city in the counties of Berkeley and Charleston in the U.S. state of South Carolina; the city serves as the county seat and largest city of Charleston County. The city was founded as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina in 1670, and moved to its present location in 1680. Up until 1800, Charleston was the fifth largest city in North America, behind Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, and Quebec City. It adopted its present name in 1783. Also known as The Holy City (due to the prominence of churches on the low-rise cityscape, particularly the numerous steeples which dot the city's skyline), Charleston brims with the culturally unique, such as the joggling board.
The Port of Charleston consists of five terminals. Three are on the Harbor and the other two are on the Cooper River just north of the Charleston's bustling harbor. The port is ranked number one in North America by Supply Chain Execs.
Port of Georgetown
The Port of Georgetown is the South Carolina State Ports Authority's dedicated breakbulk and bulk cargo facility. With an expanded berth, ample open and covered storage, specialty cargo handling facilities, and a team of workers experienced in the field, Georgetown can handle your cargo efficiently, safely, and at an attractive price. Top commodities for the Port of Georgetown are steel, salt, cement, aggregates, and forest products.
Tennessee
Port of Memphis
The International Port of Memphis is the second largest inland port on the shallow draft portion of the Mississippi River, and the 4th largest inland Port in the United States. The International Port of Memphis covers the Tennessee and Arkansas sides of the Mississippi River from river Mile 725 to mile 740. Within this 15 mile reach, there are 68 water fronted facilities, 37 of which are terminal facilities moving products such as: petroleum, tar, asphalt, cement, steel, coal, salt, fertilizers, rock & gravel, and of course grains. The International Port of Memphis is 400 river miles from St. Louis and 600 River miles from New Orleans and is ice free year round.
Port of Nashville
Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. Nashville is a major hub for the health care, music, publishing, and transportation industries.
Nashville has a consolidated city-county government which includes seven smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The population of Nashville-Davidson County stood at 607,413 as of 2005, according to United States Census Bureau estimates. The 2005 population of the entire 13-county Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,498,836, making it the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan area in the state.
Port of Chattanooga
Chattanooga is located at the crossroads of several major U.S. highways, including Interstates 75, 24, and 59. The city is within one day's drive of nearly one-third of the major U.S. markets and population, and within 140 miles of Nashville, Atlanta, Knoxville, Huntsville, and Birmingham. Chattanooga is the distribution center for the region that includes southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia, southwest North Carolina, northeast Alabama, and parts of several neighboring states. More than 70 motor freight lines are certified to transport shipments in the area. Two ports—the Port of Chattanooga and Centre South Riverport—are within city limits. Chattanooga remains an important port as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority's system of locks and dams, and the Tombigbee waterway, which saves days, miles, and dollars on shipments to and from ports along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico. Freight rail transportation is provided by divisions of the CSX Transportation system and the Norfolk Southern Railway. Air cargo service carriers operate out of Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport/Lovell Field.
Texas
Port of Houston
The Port of Houston is the port of Houston, Texas, the fourth-largest city in the United States. The Port is a 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located just a few hours' sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico. It is the busiest port in the United States in terms of foreign tonnage, second-busiest in the United States in terms of overall tonnage, and tenth-busiest in the world.
The Port of Houston is made up of the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay. It is made up of the port authority and the 150-plus private industrial companies along the ship channel; many oil companies have built refineries on the channel where they are protected from the Gulf of Mexico. The petrochemical complex associated with the Port of Houston is one of the largest in the world.
Port of Beaumont
The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas. It is at Latitude 30°4'6"N and Longitude 94°5'4"W, approximately 84 miles east of Houston and 270 miles west of New Orleans.
It claims to rank as the fourth largest in the United States and the thirty-fourth largest in the world in terms of tonnage. It also claims to be the busiest military port in the U.S. and the second busiest military port in the world; it is the headquarters of the United States Army's 842d Transportation Battalion, which specializes in port logistical activity.
Port of Corpus Christi
The Port of Corpus Christi is mid-way along the Texas coast on the Gulf of Mexico (approximately 150 miles north of the United States/Mexico border). Shipping through the Port of Corpus Christi gives you the advantage of a strategic central location, plus:
- 45' channel depth
- More than 125 acres of open storage and fabrication sites
- Heavy lift capabilities
- Dockside rail from multiple carriers
- Excellent highway access
- Flexible and productive labor force
- More than 295,500 sq. ft. of covered dockside storage
The Port's modern multi-purpose facilities are ideal for a variety of cargoes, and the warm, arid climate creates the perfect setting for year-round operations.
Port of Texas City
Founded in 1893, Port Of Texas City is located in Texas City, TX. The Port of Texas City / Texas City Terminal Railway Co. is the eighth largest port in the U.S. and the third largest in Texas currently exceeding 78 million net tons. The Port of Texas City provides top notch services along with great customer support - a combination that can't be beat!
Port of Freeport
Port Freeport came into being more than 100 years ago when the first jetty system was built in Freeport, Texas. Since that time, the Port has become one of the fastest growing ports on the entire Gulf Coast, and it is currently ranked as the 12th largest port in the United States in terms of tonnage.
Port of Galveston
The Port is located on the upper Texas coast at the mouth of beautiful Galveston Bay, just 30 minutes steaming time from the open sea. This ideal location boasts facilities to handle all types of cargo including Containers, Dry and Liquid Bulk, Breakbulk, RO/RO, Refrigerated and Project Cargoes and Cruise Passengers.
The Port of Galveston is the year-round homeport to two Carnival Cruise Line vessels. The Ecstasy sails from Galveston Island on 4- and 5-day cruises to locations along the Mexican coast. The Carnival Conquest offers 7-day cruises leaving every Sunday to ports in Mexico, Jamaica and Grand Cayman.
Port of Victoria
The Port of Victoria, Texas was opened in 1968 by creation of a 35-mile barge canal (dredged to a depth of 9 feet) linking Victoria, Texas to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW). (Ironically, it was Victoria that held the first meeting in 1905 which led to the creation of the GIWW.)
In March 2002, the Port completed a deepening of the canal to 12 feet, the same depth as the GIWW, to better facilitate traffic between the two.
The Port serves the city of Victoria and the nearby regional area. It is connected by rail via Union Pacific and by road via U.S. Highway 59 (expected to be upgraded to Interstate 69), U.S. Highway 77, and U.S. Highway 87.
Virginia
Port of Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads has become known as the "world's greatest natural harbor". The port is located only 18 miles from open ocean on one of the world's deepest, natural ice-free harbors. Since 1989, Hampton Roads has been the mid-Atlantic leader in U.S. waterborne foreign commerce and is ranked second nationally behind the Port of South Louisiana based on export tonnage. The harbor of Hampton Roads is an important highway of commerce, especially for the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport News.
Port of Richmond
The Port of Richmond is a domestic and international multi-modal freight and distribution center on the James River serving waterborne, rail and truck shippers throughout the mid-Atlantic states. The Port has container and general cargo facility on the James River serving shippers throughout the Mid-Atlantic with weekly container services to the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. The port is part of a supply chain network of over 600 warehouses. The Port is owned by the City of Richmond, managed by the Port of Richmond Commission and operated by Federal Marine Terminals, Inc., a private company. Federal Marine Terminals, the operator, provides exclusive stevedoring services and a full range of Supply Chain Services including export packaging and transfer, and warehouse and inland distribution services. The Port handles containers, breakbulk, bulk, neo-bulk and livestock cargo.
Washington
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is an independent, municipal corporation that operates under state-enabling legislation. There are more than 70 public ports in the state of Washington. Created by Pierce County citizens in 1918, the Port has 2,400 acres (972 hectares) that are used for shipping terminal activity and warehouse, distributing, and manufacturing.
Port of Seattle
The Port of Seattle is a port district that runs Seattle's seaport and airport. Its creation was approved by the voters of King County, Washington, on September 5, 1911. It is run by a five-member commission. The commissioners' terms run four years. In 2002, the Port of Seattle was the 9th busiest port in the United States by TEUs of container traffic and the 46th busiest in the world.
Among its facilities are the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington; the Shilshole Bay Marina; the Maritime Industrial Center and Fishermen's Terminal on Salmon Bay; cargo terminals and a grain elevator on Smith Cove; and numerous cargo terminals on Elliott Bay, Harbor Island, and the Duwamish Waterway. The Port of Seattle also controls recreational and commercial moorage facilities and two cruise ship terminals.
Port of Kalama
The Port of Kalama is consistently ranked as one of the top five West Coast Ports for total volume of bulk commodity exported annually. A strong marine terminal port, the Port prides itself on being extremely efficient.
Port of Anacortes
The Port of Anacortes marina is a customs port-of-entry located in the heart of downtown Anacortes. Permanent and transient moorage is available, with 150-200 berths used for guest moorage. Floats, with 20, 30 and 50 ampere power and water accommodate vessels to 120'. Visitors' arrival floats are on docks throughout the marina.
The Port is committed to maintaining a public-oriented facility that invites all visitors to experience the everyday working activities of the commercial fishing fleet and to enjoy the walkways and picnic areas that surround our beautiful marina.
Port of Vancouver
The Port of Vancouver, USA, is a multi-purpose port authority located in Vancouver, Washington along the banks of the Columbia River and has much to offer companies looking to expand or relocate in the Pacific Northwest.
The Port has over 1,000 acres available for expansion and development of heavy and light industry, manufacturing, distribution warehousing, research and business-park uses. The Port also has versatile cargo handling facilities, a skilled labor force, personal customer service, and extensive transportation networks.
The Port's convenient hub of marine, rail, highway and air cargo transportation connections offer real competitive advantages. The Port of Vancouver, USA, has handled a variety of bulk and break bulk cargoes since 1912.
Port of Longview
The Port of Longview has over 80 years of experience in providing efficient marine terminal services. Eight marine terminals are equipped to handle and store dry bulks, breakbulks, forest products, containers, steel and heavy-lift project cargo.
The Port's strategic location as the first full-service operating port on the Columbia River, a program of unique cargo services, an outstanding workforce and fully equipped marine facilities make it an efficient and reliable terminal handling facility.
Port of Everett
The Port of Everett is a natural deep-water port located 25 miles north of Seattle on the Puget Sound. It is one of two Ports in Snohomish County; along with the Port of Edmonds.
The Port of Everett strives to bring jobs, business and tourism to its local and surrounding communities. Along with the other state ports, the Port of Everett is also committed to efficiently moving goods into and throughout Washington state and the world.
In 2004, the Port of Everett earned the “Port of the Year” award from the Washington Public Ports Association.
Port of Grays Harbor/Westport Marina
Strategically located in the innovative Pacific Northwest, the Port of Grays Harbor and the Coastal Super Corridor is the West Coast's newest hub for business development and international trade. Positioned centrally between the ports of Seattle and Portland, the Coastal Super Corridor provides road, rail, telecommunications and marine transportation routes.
Westport Marina is the largest coastal marina in the Pacific Northwest and home to Washington State's largest charter fishing fleet. This full-service Marina offers moorage space for 650 charter, commercial, and sport fishing vessels, plus a wide range of pleasure craft.
Port of Port Angeles
The Port of Port Angeles is the first full-service operating port available to eastbound ships on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Port provides fully equipped, efficient marine facilities with a variety of cargo services and an exceptional workforce.
The Port of Port Angeles has over 80 years of experience in providing capable marine terminal services. Four deep-water marine terminals (T-1, T-3, T-5 and T-7) offer the ability to accommodate a wide variety of vessels and to handle and store forest products, containers and heavy-lift project cargo. In addition, the Port owns terminals used for ferry service and other marine related activities.
West Virginia
Port of Huntington Tri-State
The Port of Huntington Tri-State is the largest inland river port in the United States and the 6th largest of all U.S. seaports in terms of tonnage.
Wisconsin
Port of Milwaukee
The Port of Milwaukee is southeastern Wisconsin's transportation and distribution center of vital quality of life products and is a major contributor to the long-term economic stability and growth of the State of Wisconsin. In 2006 the Port anticipates handling over 3.5 million tons of product for the State.
You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
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