Port of Beaumont
| Port of Beaumont | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Beaumont, Texas |
| Coordinates | 30°4′6″N 94°5′4″W / 30.06833°N 94.08444°WCoordinates: 30°4′6″N 94°5′4″W / 30.06833°N 94.08444°W |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Operated by | Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County |
| Owned by | Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County |
| Type of harbor | Artificial / natural |
| Wharfs | 10 |
| Port Commission Officers | C.A. "Pete" Shelton, President Georgine Guillory, Secretary-Treasurer Lee E. Smith, Vice-President Chris Fisher, Director/CEO |
| Commissioners | Bill C. Darling Pat Anderson Louis M. Broussard, Jr. |
| Number of major general cargo terminals | 3 |
| Grain Elevator | 3.5 million bushel capacity |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 94,403,631 |
| Annual revenue | $22,111,607 |
| Net income | $3,746,113 |
| Property and Equipment | $199,602,500 |
| Accumulated Depreciation | $91,064,798 |
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Website http://www.portofbeaumont.com |
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The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas near the mouth of the Neches River.
It is the fourth busiest port in the United States according to the American Association of Port Authorities U.S. Port Ranking by Cargo Tonnage, 2013 report, and the forty-seventh busiest in the world in terms of tonnage, according to the American Association of Port Authorities World Port Rankings 2013 report. It is also the busiest military port in the world for processing U.S. military equipment. The port serves as headquarters to the United States Army's 842d Transportation Battalion, which specializes in port logistical activity.
The port is located approximately 84 miles east of Houston and 270 miles west of New Orleans. It is about 42 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico along the Sabine-Neches Waterway. The Sabine-Neches Waterway has a minimum depth of 40 feet and a minimum width of 400 feet. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is approximately 15 miles south of the port.
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The port includes a Roll-on/roll-off dock; 90 acres of open storage; 562,460 sq ft of covered storage; rail storage; a 1,100 ft diameter turning basin; and a 3.5 million bushel capacity grain elevator. The port has the largest harbor mobile crane in the Gulf of Mexico region, a 140 mettric ton capacity crane with a 168-foot extension. The port also has three marine terminals. The Carroll Street wharf has 108,900 sq ft of covered storage and 1,435 ft of harbor front. The Harbor Island Marine terminal has 345,000 sq ft of covered and open storage with 1,880 feet of harbor frontage. The Jefferson Energy Terminal, located on 250 acres of land, has barge and ship docks.
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