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Commissioner Elcie J. Guillory Awarded Charles A. Downing Humanitarian Award

Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District board of commissioner, Elcie J. Guillory, was honored with this year’s Charles A. Downing Humanitarian Award on Oct. 21. The award was presented by Nancy Sanner and Mark Judson. The prestigious award was presented by the SWLA Law Center, and it is named for[…]

Port of Lake Charles Announces Winners of 19th Annual Rice Cook-Off

LAKE CHARLES, La.—In celebration of September as National Rice Month, the Calcasieu-Cameron Rice Growers sponsored the 19th Annual Rice Cook-Off on Tues., Sept. 20 at the Brick House in downtown Lake Charles. The Port of Lake Charles hosted the event and sponsored the awards luncheon. Family and Consumer Science students[…]

Southwest Alliance Executive Committee Meeting

Read about the Southwest Alliance Executive Committee here.

Federal Train Whistle Regulations

The following points, as mandated by federal law and federal regulations, address the train horn use: Locomotive engineers must begin to sound a train horn at least 15 seconds and no more than 20 seconds in advance of all public crossings. A standardized pattern of 2 long, 1short and 1[…]

BT-1 Draft Notice

View the maximum Fresh Water drafts for Port of Lake Charles BT-1 here.

Summer 2016 Newsletter

Milestone Anniversaries For Port and Ship Channel Community leaders in the 1920s had the foresight to open Calcasieu Parish to maritime business, and even if they couldn’t predict today’s massive economic boom, they understood that a deepwater port would transform Southwest Louisiana into a thriving economic powerhouse. This year, the[…]

Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District Executes Lease Agreement with Southern Ionics, Inc.

Contact: Dan Loughney 337-493-3515 dloughney@portlc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2016 Lake Charles, La.—The Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District board of commissioners recently authorized executive director Bill Rase to enter into a lease agreement with Southern Ionics, Inc., for the use of the District’s Warehouse 15-B and vacant land[…]

Fueling America’s Energy Corridor: Port of Lake Charles Releases Calcasieu Ship Channel Economic Impact Study

Fueling America’s Energy Corridor: Port of Lake Charles Releases Calcasieu Ship Channel Economic Impact Study Southwest Louisiana is full of visionaries—individuals who see the big picture and inspire us to imagine the best possible version of our community for generations to come. Back in the 1920s, a group of local[…]

The Birth of a Louisiana Super Region

New Orleans has the Super Dome. Louisiana’s got a super economy. In fact, Louisiana has led all Southern states in our annual SB&D 100 ranking each of the last five years in the value of projects announced on a per capita basis. Even more, Louisiana has led all Southern states[…]

Sasol delivering on Louisiana First commitment

Sasol delivering on Louisiana First commitment Company reports significant progress on its pledge to hire Louisiana workers and use Louisiana contractors, suppliers and vendors for its Southwest Louisiana mega project Westlake, Louisiana – Sasol today released a status update on its $8.9 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex and the[…]

Dongsung Finetec America LLC

Lake Charles, Louisiana—October 21, 2015—Dongsung Finetec America LLC, announced today that after more than three years of evaluating the US natural gas markets, it has moved forward with its plans to expand its operations from South Korea. Dongsung Finetec is well established as a world leading force in the development[…]

Calcasieu Ship Channel: Economic Impact Study 2017

On November 9, 2017, the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District released the 2017 update of the Economic Impact Study of the Calcasieu Ship Channel. The Economic Impact Study concludes that the Calcasieu Ship Channel is the main marine transportation corridor and infrastructure for sustained economic development in the SWLA[…]

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