Guidelines for Port Employees Set
MEMORANDUM TO: All Employees FROM: Bill Rase, Executive Director DATE: May 11, 2020 SUBJECT: Guidelines for Port [...]
May 2020
April 2020
4/7/2020 – Status of Port Operations
Here is the latest information on Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District operations: CITY DOCKS, BULK TERMINAL 1, ALL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS: All are operating to provide normal services for all tenants. Rotating work schedule is in effect. ADMINISTRATION: The Port's administration building remains closed to help prevent contact and exposure [...]
March 2020
03/27/2020 – Status of Port Operations
Here is the current information on Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District operations: CITY DOCKS, BULK TERMINAL 1, ALL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS: All continue to operate to provide normal services for all tenants with the implementation of a rotating work schedule. ADMINISTRATION: The Port of Lake Charles’ administration building remains closed [...]
January 2020
Jon Ringo named General Counsel, succeeding Dees
Jonathan “Jon” Ringo has been named General Counsel for the Port of Lake Charles. The announcement was made by Port Executive Director William J. Rase III. Ringo succeeds Michael K. “Mike” Dees, whose service at the Port spanned four decades. Dees retired in December. Ringo has been Port’s Assistant [...]
August 2019
Port helps boost area’s latest Small Market of the Year award
The Port is proud to play a major role in Lake Charles' nationally recognized economic success yet again. Gaming, LNG and commerce are among the reasons Southern Business and Development magazine has named Lake Charles a winner for the ninth consecutive year. The city's gaming resorts operate on Port property, [...]
It’s the 60th anniversary of nation’s first LNG shipment
This year marks the 60th anniversary of America's first trans-Atlantic transport of liquefied natural gas — and it took place in Southwest Louisiana. The MV Methane Pioneer left Lake Charles on June 1, 1959, and arrived 15 days later at the Canvey Island Import Terminal in the United Kingdom. The [...]
Future-minded Port makes $600,000 investment in McNeese, Sowela programs
SUPPORTING McNEESE, SOWELA: The Port of Lake Charles is investing $300,000 each in programs at McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College to maintain strong area economic growth and to help meet the demand for workers in industrial expansion projects and other fields. The Port support will benefit: [...]
April 2019
Port of Lake Charles Annual Report
An Ever-Widening Role The Port of Lake Charles has anchored the Southwest Louisiana economy for nearly a century. That mission continues in 2019. The Port has come a long way since, say, 1950, when rice was king. Today, it has a far-reaching vision — with a wide-ranging capital projects [...]
Moody’s upgrades Port of Lake Charles’ bond rating, cites “strong financial position”
LAKE CHARLES, La. — In a show of confidence, national credit rating group Moody’s Investor Service upgraded the Port of Lake Charles’ bond rating this month, citing its “strong financial position” and “conservative debt management strategy.” The rating, which measures the Port’s creditworthiness, has increased from A3 to A2 [...]
December 2018
FULL SPEED AHEAD – Director Bill Rase hints at some ‘fairly nice announcements’ by mid-year
Crystal Stevenson - Dec 16, 2018 The Port of Lake Charles will be starting off the coming year ranked by Fortune as the No. 7 port in the nation for growth. But director Bill Rase sees that number climbing even higher. "As the year unfolds, things change and rotate [...]