
The Port of Lake Charles is a deepwater seaport located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel, north of the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Port opened in 1926 and today is the 12th-busiest port district in the nation, based on tonnage, as ranked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It also was named by Forbes magazine as the seventh-fastest growing seaport in America.
The Port manages the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which runs inland 36 miles and extends out into the Gulf of Mexico another 32 miles. The Port of Lake Charles’ official name is the Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District, a public body created by the Louisiana Legislature. The District encompasses 203 square miles in Calcasieu Parish and operates on 5,420 acres.
The Port of Lake Charles owns and operates two marine terminals—the City Docks and Bulk Terminal No. 1—and two industrial parks—the Industrial Canal and Industrial Park East. In addition, the Port serves as landlord to companies leasing Port-owned property, and owns several leasable sites on and near the Calcasieu Ship Channel.
Principal cargoes moving through the Port’s terminals are project cargoes, aluminum, forest products, steel, bulk grain and other agricultural food products, petroleum coke and other petroleum produces, barite and rutile.

Board of Commissioners

Carl J. Krielow

Thomas L. Lorenzi

Michael Keith Prudhomme

Judy McCleary

Dudley R. Dixon

David Darbone

Michael G. Eason
Administration
Richert L. Self
Executive Director
rlself@portlc.com
(337) 493-3501
Jonathan Ringo
General Counsel
jringo@portlc.com
(337) 493-3517
Cameron Landry
Director of Administration and Finance
clandry@portlc.com
(337) 493-3546
Channing Hayden
Director of Navigation
chayden@portlc.com
(337) 493-3620
Todd Henderson
Director of Operations
thenderson@portlc.com
(337) 493-3520
Nick Pestello
Director of
Engineering & Maintenance
npestello@portlc.com
(337) 493-3627
Therrance Chretien
Director of Cargo and Trade Development
tchretien@portlc.com
(337) 493-3579
Staff
Michelle Bolen
Executive Administrative
Assistant
mbolen@portlc.com
(337) 493-3501
Lisa Talbot
Accounting Manager
ltalbot@portlc.com
(337) 493-3534
Derek Schierloh
Sales Manager
dschierloh@portlc.com
(337) 493-3515
Tiffany Fournet
Traffic Manager
tfournet@portlc.com
(337) 493-3516
Sharon Edwards
Foreign Trade Zone 87
sedwards@portlc.com
(337) 493-3504
Michael Witherspoon
I.T. Technical Support Supervisor
mwitherspoon@portlc.com
(337) 493-3626
Jo Ellen Elliott
Human Resource Analyst
jelliott@portlc.com
(337) 493-3530
Regan Brown
Health, Safety,
& Environmental Compliance Manager
rbrown@portlc.com
(337) 493-3540
Ed Manint
Safety & Security Manager
emanint@portlc.com
(337) 493-3553
Capt. Timothy Atkins
Harbor Police
Chief
tatkins@portlc.com
(337) 493-3553
Daniel B. Loughney
dloughney@portlc.com
(337) 493-3513
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