Port of Beaumont
1255 Main Street, Beaumont, TX, 77704, United States
Port
Categories
- Port Authority
Detailed Description
Mission Statement
The Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas is responsible to the taxpayers of its District for the improvement of navigation and the development of maritime shipping and waterborne related commerce to and from its wharves; and for maintenance, development, extension, and improvement of wharf and dock facilities of the Port of Beaumont to promote economic growth in our District and the State of Texas and in the interest of national defense.
Location
Situated 84 miles east of Houston and 270 miles west of New Orleans (Latitude 30°4'6"N, Longitude 94°5'4"W), the Port of Beaumont is accessible from the Gulf of Mexico and Intracoastal Waterway via the federally maintained Sabine-Neches Ship Channel, 42 miles upstream from the Gulf.
The Sabine-Neches Channel is a minimum of 400 feet wide and maintained at a depth of 40 feet. Air draft is 136 feet.
The Intracoastal Waterway and Mississippi River connect Beaumont with a vast inland waterway system serving such cities as Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville, Omaha and Memphis.
Facilities Overview
The Port of Beaumont maintains complete facilities to handle a variety of cargo, including, but not limited to, Forest Products, Grains, Project Cargo, Military, Bagged Goods, Aggregate, Metals, and Wood Chips.
Our facilities include the following:
A total of 6,088 linear feet of harbor front, with eight ship berths, afford wide concrete aprons and a constant minimum water depth of 36 to 40 feet at mean low tide at the face of all docks.
Covering eight acres, Wharves 2, 3, and Harbor Island provide open berths for cargo not requiring covered storage at shipside.
Wharves 2 and 3 are 758 feet in length, with a 75-foot wide RO-RO platform at one end.
Double marginal rail tracks run the full length of the wharves, which provide 121,000 square feet of open wharf space.
Wharf 4 includes a 57,730-square foot transit shed.
Wharves 2, 3, and 4 have a total wharf length of 1,373 feet.
Wharves 4, 5, 6, 7, Harbor Island and Carroll Street are flanked by transit sheds that offer 550,000 square feet of modern, fireproof warehouse space.
An additional 36 acres of open storage adjacent to waterfront property is suitable for marshaling containers or other cargo not requiring protection from weather.
Fifty acres of unimproved land, adjacent to waterfront property, is suitable for storage of machinery and equipment.
Port-owned waterfront property available for lease includes 240 acres on the east bank of the Neches River.
Our facilities and services also include a grain elevator, railways, shipside packing and crating services, and 24 hour security. For details, visit our Facilities page.
The Port of Beaumont Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas is responsible to the taxpayers of its District for the improvement of navigation and the development of maritime shipping and waterborne related commerce to and from its wharves; and for maintenance, development, extension, and improvement of wharf and dock facilities of the Port of Beaumont to promote economic growth in our District and the State of Texas and in the interest of national defense.
Location
Situated 84 miles east of Houston and 270 miles west of New Orleans (Latitude 30°4'6"N, Longitude 94°5'4"W), the Port of Beaumont is accessible from the Gulf of Mexico and Intracoastal Waterway via the federally maintained Sabine-Neches Ship Channel, 42 miles upstream from the Gulf.
The Sabine-Neches Channel is a minimum of 400 feet wide and maintained at a depth of 40 feet. Air draft is 136 feet.
The Intracoastal Waterway and Mississippi River connect Beaumont with a vast inland waterway system serving such cities as Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville, Omaha and Memphis.
Facilities Overview
The Port of Beaumont maintains complete facilities to handle a variety of cargo, including, but not limited to, Forest Products, Grains, Project Cargo, Military, Bagged Goods, Aggregate, Metals, and Wood Chips.
Our facilities include the following:
A total of 6,088 linear feet of harbor front, with eight ship berths, afford wide concrete aprons and a constant minimum water depth of 36 to 40 feet at mean low tide at the face of all docks.
Covering eight acres, Wharves 2, 3, and Harbor Island provide open berths for cargo not requiring covered storage at shipside.
Wharves 2 and 3 are 758 feet in length, with a 75-foot wide RO-RO platform at one end.
Double marginal rail tracks run the full length of the wharves, which provide 121,000 square feet of open wharf space.
Wharf 4 includes a 57,730-square foot transit shed.
Wharves 2, 3, and 4 have a total wharf length of 1,373 feet.
Wharves 4, 5, 6, 7, Harbor Island and Carroll Street are flanked by transit sheds that offer 550,000 square feet of modern, fireproof warehouse space.
An additional 36 acres of open storage adjacent to waterfront property is suitable for marshaling containers or other cargo not requiring protection from weather.
Fifty acres of unimproved land, adjacent to waterfront property, is suitable for storage of machinery and equipment.
Port-owned waterfront property available for lease includes 240 acres on the east bank of the Neches River.
Our facilities and services also include a grain elevator, railways, shipside packing and crating services, and 24 hour security. For details, visit our Facilities page.
Last updated: September 5, 2003