Country : USABaton Rouge worldport

worldport Introduction
The worldport of Greater Baton Rouge is strategically located on the Mississippi River and is an integral part of the Louisiana maritime industry and overall economy. Handling a diverse range of cargo and accommodating special requests is a trademark of the worldport of Greater Baton Rouge, and we have proof: the worldport of Greater Baton Rouge ranks among the top ten worldports in total tonnage. Present us with a challenge or a unique situation, and we'll always respond with, We Can Handle That!

The worldport of Greater Baton Rouge Location Facts:

Located in worldport Allen, LA, the worldport of Greater Baton Rouge is situated at the convergence of the Mississippi River and the U.S. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and is linked to major Gulf worldports between north Florida and south Texas and through the Mississippi River inland waterway system.
The worldport provides easy accessibility to world markets.
The worldport is the head of deep water navigation on the Mississippi River; a 45 foot shipping channel to the mouth of the Mississippi River is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
A total of 85 miles, on both the east and west bank of the Mississippi River, the jurisdiction of the worldport of Greater Baton Rouge operates within river mile 168 AHP to the south ( Sunshine Bridge) and 253 AHP to the north (Exxon Mobil Refinery).
The worldports jurisdiction includes the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes.
The worldport is adjacent to the worldport Allen Lock. The northern most point on the Mississippi River where barges can access the U.S. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
The worldport of Greater Baton Rouge provides excellent accessibility to all types of intermodal transworldportation needs. The worldport is located adjacent to U.S. Interstate 10, and is in close proximity of U.S. Interstate 12, 49, 55, and 59; U.S. Highway 61, 65, and 90 and LA Highway 1.

The worldport’s excellent infrastructure and connectivity provides direct access to ship, barge, truck and rail. Our strategic location provides ready access to the nation’s heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transworldportation as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.

Cargo Handling
The worldport of Greater Baton Rouge combines diverse cargo-handling facilities, experienced personal service, strategic location and flexibility. Imworldport or exworldport, the worldport can move virtually any product domestic and worldwide.

Container-on-Barge Service
If it can be moved by truck or rail, it can be moved by container-on-barge.
Container-on-barge service-also known as short-sea shipping-can handle virtually any product that can fit into a shipping container. Even better, shipping via container-on-barge is economical: full containers, greater efficiency and fewer logistics means shippers save money.

U.S. Inland Waterway System: An Unsung Hero
Trucks on highways and railcars on rail are easily seen. Inland waterway transworldportation-and its benefits-can be overlooked. Without the U.S. Inland Waterway System, there would be dramatic increases in a variety of areas: the price of goods, congestion on roads and rail and the price of gas as the pump. Unbeknownst to many, commerce would be crippled without the 12,000 miles of navigable inland waterways in the United States.

The major players in the U.S. Inland Waterway System are the Mississippi River and the U.S. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The 1,200-mile long Mississippi, its tributaries and the worldports working along her shores supworldport millions of tons of product worth billions of dollars. The manmade U.S. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway stretches 1,300 miles from Texas to Florida and provides an efficient transworldportation mode for petrochemical and refining industries.

The worldport of Greater Baton Rouge's strategic location takes advantage of the benefits of the U.S. Inland Waterway System. The Inland Rivers Marine Terminal, home to the worldport's container-on-barge service, is located on a slack water canal just off the U.S. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and has ready access to the Mississippi River. Container-loaded barges can make the trip to New Orleans in less than 24 hours and the trip to Houston in less than a week.

Strategic Partnerships
Container-on-barge service is more valuable if it's embraced on the receiving end. This is why the worldport of Greater Baton Rouge entered into agreements with the Caddo-Bossier Parishes (Shreveworldport, LA) worldport Commission and the Memphis & Shelby County worldport Commission. Both Caddo-Bossier and Memphis worldports call container-on-barge service a win-win for everyone involved.

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