The Port of Lake Charles is a deepwater port 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, this deepwater 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
Thomas L. Lorenzi
Michael Keith Prudhomme
Judy McCleary
Kevin Guidry
Carl J. Krielow
Dudley R. Dixon
David Darbone
Administration
Richert L. Self
Executive Director
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(337) 493-3501
Jonathan Ringo
General Counsel
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(337) 493-3517
Cameron Landry
Director of Administration and Finance
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(337) 493-3546
Channing Hayden
Director of Navigation
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(337) 493-3620
Todd Henderson
Director of Operations
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(337) 493-3520
Nick Pestello
Director of
Engineering & Maintenance
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(337) 493-3627
Therrance Chretien
Director of Cargo and Trade Development
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(337) 493-3579
Staff
Michelle Bolen
Executive Administrative
Assistant
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(337) 493-3501
Lisa Talbot
Accounting Manager
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(337) 493-3534
Derek Schierloh
Sales Manager
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(337) 493-3515
Tiffany Fournet
Traffic Manager
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(337) 493-3516
Jenna Greiner
Foreign Trade Zone 87
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(337) 493-3504
Michael Witherspoon
I.T. Technical Support Supervisor
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(337) 493-3626
Jo Ellen Elliott
Human Resource Analyst
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(337) 493-3530
Regan Brown
Health, Safety,
& Environmental Compliance Manager
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(337) 493-3540
Ed Manint
Safety & Security Manager
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(337) 493-3553
Capt. Timothy Atkins
Harbor Police Chief
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(337) 493-3553
Therrance Chretien
Director of Cargo & Trade Development
[email protected]
(337) 493-3579
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