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Port of Corpus Christi:

THE Energy Port of the Americas

The Port of Corpus Christi provides access to the U.S. inland waterway system from its location on the western

Gulf of Mexico. It handles liquid bulk, RoRo, break-bulk, dry bulk and containerized cargo through multiple terminals. By the numbers, the port looks something like this: • $50 Billion: Amount of investment projects, foreign and domestic, in past 4 years or underway.

• 11,016: Total vessel calls in 2015 • $350: Cost in millions to dredge the channel into Port of Corpus Christi from 47’ to 52’.

• $140: Investment in millions that Port Corpus Christi is spending to start dredging its channel to 52’.

• 85.7: Total tonnage (domestic and foreign), in millions, in 2015.

• 80.2: Percentage of total tonnage classifed as Petroleum and Petroleum Products.

• 47: The depth, in feet, of the current channel into Port of Corpus Christi.

• 52: Authorized channel depth to be achieved when project (approved in 2007 under WRDA) fnally makes it into the president’s budget.

Sources: Port of Corpus Christi Port Performance Freight Statistics

Program – Annual Report to Congress 2016, U.S. Department of

Trading Partners

Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

1. Mexico 2. Venezuela 3. China 4. Italy 5. Brazil 6. Saudi Arabia 7. The Netherlands 8. Ecuador 9. United Kingdom by Dollar Value 10. Colombia www.maritimelogisticsprofessional.com 35

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