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40,000 TEUs/year for export to Asia when phase one operations begin 2022/23. Alfonso said this will increase to 80,000 TEUs/year with the addition of a second production line during phase two of the project. The port recently completed


25 acres of additional paved storage bringing the total container terminal footprint to 67 acres, with plans to add another 30 acres, according to Alfonso. Work has also begun on the addition of a third berth, which will bring the total to over 4,500 linear feet allowing three large ships to be worked at the same time. Construction is about to


start on a new container gate complex and the bid process has begun to acquire three additional gantry cranes. The container terminal operator partner, Ports America, is currently implementing the NAVIS N4 terminal operating system. Alfonso adds construction


is about to begin on a new on-dock, rail-served, trans- load warehouse. “Since Port Tampa Bay is the closest port to Florida’s hub for the grocery and food and beverage sector, another key facility is the new Port Logistics Refrigerated Services 135,000-square-foot cold storage facility.” “Our diverse environmental


program includes shoreline stabilization, fish and wildlife habitat including the protection of bird nesting sites, wetland mitigation, waste clean-up and water quality improvements,” said Alfonso. “Using Port Tampa Bay as the closest port to serve Florida’s distribution hub along the I-4 Corridor also results in significant reductions in truck miles and greenhouse gas emissions versus more distant routes.”


Louisiana


Port of South Louisiana. The Port of South Louisiana is a 54-mile port district on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Facilities located within the port’s district


consistently


handle over a quarter billion short tons of cargo annually. The port has completed construction of a six-track


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The yard is now capable of handling


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2,000 containers including containers measuring 40 feet, versus 20 feet. Grön Fuels signed a lease


agreement with the port for a 141-acre site on the Intracoastal Waterway, west of the Genesis Baton Rouge Terminal. The company plans to begin construction this year on a multi-phase renewable diesel fuel plant.


The wind energy industry in the region creates a lot of cargo through the Port of Galveston. (Port of Galveston photo.)


rail yard at SoLaPort, a port- owned property on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It is configured to accommodate between 250 and 350 rail cars exclusively for Dow Chemical and is accessible via a rail spur designed and installed by Dow on the south side of the facility. Dow has entered into a 20-year lease agreement with the Port of South Louisiana, with an option to renew for an additional 10 years. “Although the Mississippi


River is our anchor resource, the rail systems, roads and air facilities we have complement the extraordinary work done at the Port of South Louisiana,” said Port of South Louisiana Executive Director Paul Aucoin.


Port of Baton Rouge. Situated on the Mississippi River, 230 miles from the Gulf of Mexico at the junction of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at its northernmost point, the Port of Baton Rouge is part of one of the largest port systems in the world—the lower Mississippi River port system. The port handles a variety


of bulk and breakbulk cargoes for domestic and international markets including project cargo, plastics, containers, sugar,


forest products,


biomass, steel, ores, grains, petroleum, specialty chemicals and molasses. The port recently


announced its public/private partnership with SEACOR AMH has produced steady increases in the number of containers handled at the port’s barge terminal. As a result, a project to create nearly 4 acres of additional paved container storage capacity has been completed.


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