Port of Decatur

Port of Decatur

The Port of Decatur is a transshipment port on the Tennessee River, in the city of Decatur, Alabama, United States of America. The port was founded in 1971.cite web| title =Port of Decatur: Facts and Figures | publisher =Decatur Transit | month = | year =2007 | url =http://www.decaturtransit.com/269/Facts_and_Figures.aspx | accessdate =2008-07-11 ]

Port facilities

Port facilities include intermodal transfer points for switches between barge, road and rail, storage facilities for bulk liquids, dry bulk and general cargo and twelve acres of open storage. Serviceable quay length is 2,000 feet, with a year-round draft of nine metres.

The port is directly connected to the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads and to interstate and regional highway networks.

Industries

Port throughput is dominated by imports of industrial and agricultural commodities including sand, asphalt, grains and fertilizers, coal, and steel piping. From 2005 the port also began handling poultry feed products for nationwide poultry firm Golden Kist. [cite news| last =Wilson |first =Jay |coauthors = |title =Bunge expansion to breathe life into Decatur port| work =The Decatur Daily News | pages = | publisher =The Decatur Daily | date =2005-05-27 | url =http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050527/bunge.shtml | accessdate =2008-07-11 ]

Exports are limited by the cost-efficiency of road and rail distribution networks, forcing many barges accessing the port to return empty. [cite news| last =Fleischauer |first =Eric |coauthors = |title =River, rails, roads and air: Transport hub drives Decatur’s economy | work =The Decatur Daily News | pages = | publisher =The Decatur Daily | date =2006-10-01 | url =http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061001/hub.shtml | accessdate =2008-07-11] Shipping times to New Orleans are approximately two weeks from loading.

References

ee also

*Decatur, Alabama
*List of North American ports

External links

* [http://www.decaturtransit.com/DecaturTransit/196/Port_of_Decatur.aspx Port Of Decatur page on the Decatur Transit website]


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