Port of Beaumont

The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas.

It claims to rank as the fourth largest in the United States and the thirty-fourth largest in the world in terms of tonnage. It also claims to be the busiest military port in the U.S. and the second busiest military port in the world; it is the headquarters of the United States Army's 842d Transportation Battalion, which specializes in port logistical activity.

Location

It is at Latitude 30°4'6"N and Longitude 94°5'4"W, approximately 84 miles east of Houston and 270 miles west of New Orleans.

The port is about 42 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico along the Sabine-Neches Waterway.cite web|title="About the Port"|work="Port of Beaumont website"|url=http://www.portofbeaumont.com/about.htm]

History

The port's origins date to 1908, when crews dug a 9-foot-deep canal in the Neches River from Beaumont, Texas to the existing Port Arthur ship channel. The port's channel was later deepened to 25 feet and a turning basin was added. By the 1940s, the channel's depth increased to 40 feet. cite web|title="About the Port"|work="Port of Beaumont website"|url=http://www.portofbeaumont.com/about.htm]

Once a division of the city of Beaumont, the 51st Texas Legislature established the port as a navigation district, or separate taxing entity, in 1949.cite web|title="About the Port"|work="Port of Beaumont website"|url=http://www.portofbeaumont.com/about.htm]

External links

* [http://www.portofbeaumont.com/ Port of Beaumont website]

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