Marine Business
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Port Facilities
The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District is the 10th-busiest port district in the United States, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers waterborne statistics.
City Docks
The Port’s City Docks facility is located 33 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is connected to the gulf by the 12-meter- (40-foot-) deep Calcasieu Ship Channel.
City Docks is a 200-acre facility that contains the general cargo facilities which include 12 deep water berths that can accommodate up to 12 vessels simultaneously, with more than 1.6 million square feet of covered storage space.
Berths 1-9 and berths 15 and 15B have a projected depth of 35 feet, except Berth 8, which has a projected depth of 40 feet. Berth 8 is used for bulk grains.
The height of the docks at MLW is 14 feet. Most warehouses are serviced by rail. Also located at City Docks is a bulk grain terminal operated by a private party. City Docks includes the Port Foreign Trade Zone 87.
Bulk Terminal No. 1
This dry bulk terminal, is located on 71 acres at the Rose Bluff Cutoff on the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which is located 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. The bulk terminal has a 2,200-foot-long wharf and a 40-foot projected depth at dockside. The facility can accommodate two vessels for loading and unloading simultaneously.
Bulk Terminal No. 1 operates two traveling ship loaders and two traveling clamshell bucket unloaders. The pet coke ship loader is rated for 3,200 short tons per hour and the calcined coke ship loader is rated for 1,200 short tons per hour. The ship/barge clamshell-bucket type unloader and conveyor system is located at the site and traverses 740 feet of dock with an average unloading rate of 300 short tons each of barite per hour.
The site is capable of transfer from vessel to vessel, vessel to truck, or to open storage. The terminal processes more than 3.1 million short tons of dry bulk material annually, such as petroleum coke, calcined coke, barite, rutile, and other dry bulk commodities. Other equipment includes: a 100-ton railcar rollover facility, a bottom dump rail unloading pit, crusher, radial stacker, three pet coke reclaimers, six 2,200-short-ton storage silos, and a truck scale.
Bulk Terminal No. 4
Bulk Terminal No. 4 is an aggregate terminal, leased to a private company, with a 251-foot dock face extending to 335 feet with dolphins, a 35-foot depth, ability to move 1 million metric tons of imported aggregate annually, and a deck height of 12 feet above MLW.
For more information, contact Port Aggregates at (337) 436-1846.
Water System non-lead service lines (LSLs) statement for BT-1 and City Docks
Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District Water System
PWSID# LA 2019165
No record of any lead service lines during water system install.
Reviewed construction of water lines, lines were replaced after lead band as well as visual inspection over the years.
In conjunction there are no water system records. Upgrades of the water systems were done during new construction of buildings, additional improvements and relocation of structures and water lines.
Good records and documentation were not required in the early years. Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District is committed to documenting accurate records of the water system on the Ports server. With 35 plus years of experience in dealing with the water systems, we are confident on training employees on how to identify any issues that may arise in maintaining proper water systems. Any and all maintenance is now properly documented.
Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District Coke Plant Water System
PWSID# LA 2019087
No record of any lead service lines during water system install.
Reviewed construction of water lines, lines were replaced after lead band as well as visual inspection over the years.
In conjunction there are no water system records. Upgrades of the water systems were done during new construction of buildings, additional improvements and relocation of structures and water lines.
Good records and documentation were not required in the early years. Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District is committed to documenting accurate records of the water system on the Ports server. With 35 plus years of experience in dealing with the water systems, we are confident on training employees on how to identify any issues that may arise in maintaining proper water systems. Any and all maintenance is now properly documented.
Public Notice of Non-Discrimination Rights
The Port of Lake Charles gives public notice of its policy to uphold and assure full compliance with the non-discrimination requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related nondiscrimination authorities. Title VI and related nondiscrimination authorities stipulate that no person in the United States of America shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, income level or Limited English Proficiency be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Any person who desires more information regarding Port of Lake Charles Title VI and ADA Program can contact Jo Ellen Elliott at the address noted below.
Any person who believes they have, individually or as a member of any specific class of persons, been subjected to discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, income level or Limited English Proficiency has the right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be submitted in writing within 180 days of the date of the alleged occurrence to:
Port of Lake Charles
Jo Ellen Elliott / Human Resources
1161 W. Sallier Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601
(Or: P.O. Box 3753, Lake Charles, LA 70602)
337-439-3661
jelliott@portLC.com
A complainant may also file a complaint directly with the Maritime Administration by emailing civilrights.marad@dot.gov or mailing a written complaint to:
United States Maritime Administration Office of Civil Rights
West Building, 2nd Floor MAR-130
1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE Washington, DC 20590