The Port of Cleveland is a bulk freight shipping port at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the third-largest port in the Great Lakes and the fourth-largest Great Lakes port by annual tonnage.
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CargoEdit
The Port of Cleveland handles the bulk of raw material shipments for regional manufacturing, as well as exporting some local resources (salt mined from under Lake Erie, materials quarried locally, Ohio farm surpluses, ...).
Primary CargoesEdit
- Inbound: Steel, heavy machinery, liquid/dry bulk
- Outbound: machinery and steel
Overall Annual TonnageEdit
- Generating $1 billion ($1,000,000,000.00 USD) per year in trade.
- Annual cargo handling averages between 11 million to 16 million tons
- Dry Bulk (loose materials such as limestone and grain): 12 million tons
- Break Bulk (packaged materials): 500,000 tons
- about 1,000 vessel visits,
ConnectionsEdit
RailEdit
Connections to:
(2) Class I railroads:
- CSX Transportation
- Norfolk Southern Railway
and several regional/short-line railroads:
- Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway
- Cleveland Works Railway
- Cuyahoga Valley Railway
- Flats Industrial Railroad
- ISG Railways
- Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
- R.J. Corman Railroad/Cleveland Line
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
TruckEdit
Port has truck access to four major Interstate highways:
- I-71, South to: Strongsville, Seville, Columbus and Cincinnati
- I-77, South to: Akron, Canton, Richfield, Cambridge, Marietta; Beckley, West Virginia and Columbia, South Carolina
- I-80/Ohio Turnpike,
- I-90,
as well as local bypasses/connectors:
- I-271, I-480, and I-490;
and Ohio State Routes, such as:
- Ohio State Route 2
FacilitiesEdit
Eight international cargo berths and docks consist of 110 acres (0.45 km2) 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 km2) just west of the river.
GeographyEdit
The Port of Cleveland spans across the Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River to the turning basin.
MaritimeEdit
Docks are maintained at a full Great Lakes seaway depth, which is 27 feet (8.2 m).
OperatorsEdit
Four terminal operators use port facilities:
- Carmeuse NA
- Essroc (Italcementi)
- Kenmore Construction
- Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.
Cleveland Bulk TerminalEdit
Cleveland Bulk Terminal (CBT), located at 5500 Whiskey Island Drive, on Whiskey Island, is port-owned but operated by Carmeuse NA which handles iron ore transfers. The lakefront facility can accommodate 1,000 feet (300 m) vessels used to discharge and reload rail cars. The automated CBT iron ore loader system on Whiskey Island on the west side of the Cuyahoga River loads materials onto boats from the terminal and transfers materials at a rate of 5,200 tons per hour. Limited handling of materials greatly improves the quality of pellets delivered to the mill.
The ore loader operation benefits three Cleveland companies:
- Cleveland-Cliffs--supplier of iron ore pellets
- Mittal Steel Company--uses the pellets at its mills
- Carmeuse NA--CBT operator and materials transporter
TerminalsEdit
These facilities are:
- nine berths and docks in either open dock or two-berth facilities
- capacity for lifting up to 150 net tons
- direct rail access and warehousing ability
- over 6,500 feet (2,000 m) of linear dock space,
- 420,000 square feet (39,000 m2) of warehouse space and
- 12 acres (0.049 km2) of open storage for general cargo operations.
Foreign Trade ZonesEdit
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Grantee #40, operates-owns several General Purpose Zone Foreign Trade Zones in Cuyahoga County, Ashtabula County and Lorain County.
Port of ClevelandEdit
Port of Cleveland complex located on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River includes five general cargo facilities operated by port-approved stevedoring contractors.
Tow Path Valley Business ParkEdit
Tow Path Valley Business Park is located on both sides of the east and west bank of the Cuyahoga River bordered by Jennings Road on the south, Upper Campbell Road on the east, I-490/I-77/Dille Road on the north and West 14th Street to the west.
See alsoEdit
- List of North American ports
- List of ports in the United States
NotesEdit
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Other sourcesEdit
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