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A renovation project for the Port's Turning Basin Terminal began in 2010 and is expected to take 10 years. [needs update] The Turning Basin Terminal is a multipurpose complex with open wharves and 37 docks that are used for direct discharge and loading of breakbulk, containerized, project or heavy-lift cargoes. [17]
The Turning Basin terminal in Harrisburg (now part of Houston) became the port's largest shipping point. Postcard of the Houston Ship Channel, undated. On January 10, 1910, residents of Harris County voted 16 to 1 to fund dredging the Houston ship channel to a depth of 25 feet for the amount of $1,250,000, which was then matched by federal funds.
By July the total value of trade stuck on the water off the east and west coast ports was estimated at roughly $30 billion. Another $1.5 billion in trade was waiting for rail service at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles which was 60% of all containers waiting at these ports. [ 13 ]
The new terminal had a distinct geographical advantage over the old Turning Basin terminal. Whereas Turning Basin, situated upriver at the navigational head of Buffalo Bayou, is 6 hours or more from the Gulf, Barbours Cut requires only three hours travel time. [5] In 2007 the terminal handled 15.4 million short tons (17.0 million metric tons ...
Roberts Bank is home to a twin-terminal port facility located on the mainland coastline of the Strait of Georgia in Delta, British Columbia, Canada.Opened in 1970 with Westshore Terminals as its only tenant, Roberts Bank was expanded in 1983–84, and in June 1997 opened a second terminal, the GCT Deltaport container facility.
Cushing is the delivery point for West Texas Intermediate, a blend of US light sweet crude oil streams [1] traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange [19]. Cushing's strategic position as a major hub in oil supply led to WTI's development as a significant physical market price reference or benchmark for over three decades.
After easily handling the NFC South-leading Falcons on the road, and with the rest of the division in disarray, the Seahawks are now the class of the NFC West. Geno Smith doesn’t scare anybody ...
Eight international cargo berths and docks consist of 110 acres (0.45 km 2) of land alongside Lake Erie on the east side of the Cuyahoga River, while the Cleveland Bulk Terminal transshipment facility occupies 44 acres (0.18 km 2) just west of the river.