The Port of Cleveland is a bulk freight and container 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. Over 20,000 jobs and $3.5 billion in annual economic activity are tied to the roughly 13 million tons of cargo that move through Cleveland Harbor each year. [E][5][6]
| Port of Cleveland | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie, Great Lakes |
| Coordinates | 41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W / 41.51944°N 81.68861°W |
| UN/LOCODE | US CLE |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1825 |
| Owned by | Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority |
| Size | 144 sq mi (370 km2)[C][1] |
| Draft depth | 27 ft (8.2 m)[2] |
| CEO and President | William D. Friedman[3] |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 959 (2006)[4] |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 15,186,819 (2006)[5] |
| Value of cargo | $1 billion[6] |
| Website www | |
The Port of Cleveland is the only container port on the Great Lakes, with bi-weekly service between Cleveland and Antwerp on a service called the Cleveland-Europe Express.[7]
Cargo
editThe 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 Cargoes
edit- Inbound: Steel, heavy machinery, iron ore, limestone, liquid/dry bulk items, and shipping containers [1]
- Outbound: Steel, iron ore, limestone, cement, salt, power generators, wind turbines, capital equipment, and heavy machinery [1]
Overall Annual Tonnage
edit- Generating $3.5 billion per year in trade.[6]
- Annual cargo handling averages between 11 million to 16 million tons[5][8][9][10][11][12][13]
- Dry Bulk (loose materials such as limestone, iron ore and grain): 12 million tons[1]
- Break Bulk (packaged materials): 500,000 tons[1]
- about 1,000 vessel visits,[4]
| Year |
U.S. Rank |
Total Tons |
Domestic Tons |
Foreign Total Tons |
Foreign Imports Tons |
Foreign Exports Tons |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 44 | 15,186,819 | 11,467,131 | 3,719,688 | 3,598,998 | 120,690 | [5] |
| 2005 | 47 | 13,640,966 | 10,225,360 | 3,415,606 | 3,137,262 | 278,344 | [8] |
| 2004 | 44 | 15,774,611 | 11,855,282 | 3,919,329 | 3,567,866 | 351,463 | [9] |
| 2003 | 47 | 12,620,794 | 9,508,542 | 3,112,252 | 2,708,093 | 404,159 | [10] |
| 2002 | 48 | 11,411,765 | 9,083,965 | 2,327,800 | 2,270,800 | 57,000 | [11] |
| 2001 | 48 | 11,937,815 | 9,203,587 | 2,734,228 | 2,430,028 | 304,200 | [12] |
| 2000 | 44 | 14,390,802 | 11,914,437 | 2,476,365 | 2,262,104 | 214,261 | [13] |
| Year |
Dry[D] Bulk short Tons[2] |
Break[B] Bulk short Tons[2] |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,028,500 | 949,552 |
| 1999 | 934,306 | 721,369 |
| 1998 | 1,239,551 | 1,182,792 |
| 1997 | 1,521,729 | 1,045,377 |
| 1996 | 1,809,000 | 1,158,056 |
| 1995 | 1,531,985 | 779,314 |
| 1994 | 1,899,989 | 869,669 |
| 1993 | 2,069,184 | 764,743 |
| 1992 | 2,700,842 | 435,286 |
| 1991 | 2,852,675 | 913,670 |
| 1990 | 3,038,535 | 773,922 |
Connections
editRail
editConnections to:
(2) Class I railroads:[14][15]
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
Truck
editPort has truck access to four major Interstate highways:[15][16]
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,
- East to: Streetsboro, Youngstown; and Pennsylvania Turnpike
- West to: North Ridgeville, Lorain, Toledo; and Indiana Toll Road
I-90,
- East to: Euclid, Ohio, Willoughby; Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York
- West to: Westlake, Elyria, Toledo; and South Bend, Indiana
as well as local bypasses/connectors:
and Ohio State Routes, such as:
- East to: Euclid and Painesville
- West to: Rocky River and Elyria
Facilities
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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.[1]
Geography
editThe Port of Cleveland spans across the Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River to the turning basin.
| Name |
USGS GNIS Feature ID # and Link |
Coordinates |
Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Harbor | 1072326 | 41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W / 41.51944°N 81.68861°W | 571 feet (174 m) |
| Cuyahoga River | 1072205 | 41°30′13″N 81°42′44″W / 41.50361°N 81.71222°W | 571 feet (174 m) |
| Turning Basin | 1047220 | 41°28′36″N 81°40′20″W / 41.47667°N 81.67222°W | 581 feet (177 m) |
Maritime
editDocks are maintained at a full Great Lakes seaway depth, which is 27 feet (8.2 m).[15]
Operators
editFour terminal operators use port facilities:[15]
- Carmeuse NA
- Essroc (Italcementi)
- Kenmore Construction
- Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.
Cleveland Bulk Terminal
editCleveland 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.[17] The automated CBT iron ore loader system on Whiskey Island[18] 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:[15]
- Cleveland-Cliffs — supplier of iron ore pellets, uses iron ore pellets at its steel mills, and coke plants
- Carmeuse NA — CBT operator and materials transporter
Terminals
editThese facilities are:[17]
- Nine berths and docks in either open dock or two-berth facilities
- Capacity for lifting up to 150 net tons
- Firect 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 Zones
editCleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Grantee #40, operates-owns several General Purpose Zone Foreign Trade Zones in Cuyahoga County, Ashtabula County and Lorain County.[C][20]
Port of Cleveland
editPort 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.[17]
Tow Path Valley Business Park
editTow 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.[17]
See also
editNotes
edit^ A: Warehouse A has heated storage; and inside rail loading[15]
^ B: Break Bulk (packaged materials): 500,000 tons[1]
^ C: Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority operates-owns several General Purpose Zone Foreign Trade Zones NOT included in the cited Port of Cleveland dock-terminal acreage.[20]
^ D: Dry Bulk (loose materials such as limestone and grain): 12 million tons[1]
^ E: Port of Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin, and Port of Chicago, and Port of Detroit, Michigan are Great Lakes ports ranked higher than Cleveland, Ohio by annual tonnage.[5]
^ F: Notes:
^ G: Dock and Warehouse coordinates manually plotted in Google Earth from map in[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Maritime - Overview". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County.
- ^ a b c d e f "Facility and Capacity Assessment" (PDF). February 2003.
- ^ "Our Staff : Port of Cleveland". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.
- ^ a b "About the Port - Frequently Asked Questions". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County.
- ^ a b c d e "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2006, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ a b c "About the Port - History". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County.
- ^ "Cleveland-Europe Express – Port of Cleveland".
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2005, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2004, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original on 2006-11-17.
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2003, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2002, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2001, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ a b "Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports in 2000, Sorted by Port Name". Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ "Maritime - Rail facilities". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County [Port Authority].
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Maritime - Terminals". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County [Port Authority].
- ^ "Maritime - Highway-Truck access facilities". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County [Port Authority].
- ^ a b c d "FTZ Sites at the Port of Cleveland". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County [Port Authority].
- ^ "Terminal Operators". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
- ^ "LSERy - Home Page". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ a b "Foreign Trade Zone - Sites". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County [Port Authority].
Other sources
edit- "Port of Cleveland official site". Cleveland-Cuyahoga County.
- "Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center". Navigation Data Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2006-02-08.
- "USGS GNIS database query". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Tides and Currents, Lake Erie Operational Forecast System - Port of Cleveland". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce.
- "Chapter 13 Transportation - Port of Cleveland" (PDF). Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-21.