Port of Cleveland

Port of Cleveland
Port
Oblique aerial view of Port of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Official name: Port of Cleveland
Named for: Moses Cleaveland [1]
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Cuyahoga
Municipality	Cleveland
City	Cleveland, Ohio
River	Cuyahoga River
Location	Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie, Great Lakes
- elevation	571 ft (174 m) [2]
- coordinates	41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W / 41.51944°N 81.68861°W / 41.51944; -81.68861 [2]
Mouth	Cuyahoga River at Lake Erie
- location	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
- elevation	174 ft (53 m) [3]
- coordinates	41°30′13″N 81°42′44″W / 41.50361°N 81.71222°W / 41.50361; -81.71222 [3]
Depth	27 ft (8 m) [4]
Area	144 sq mi (373 km2) C[›][5]
- land	144 sq mi (373 km2) C[›][5]
- urban	144 sq mi (373 km2) C[›][5]
- metro	144 sq mi (373 km2) C[›][5]
Founded	1825 [1]
- Regionalized	1968 [1]
Management	Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Board of Directors
- location	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Government	Cuyahoga County
Owner	Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
President/CEO	William D. Friedman [6]
- Chief Financial Officer	Brent R. Leslie, CPA [6]
- Human Resource Director	Nancy Spelman
- Controller	Margaret Rivalsky [6]
Timezone	EST (UTC-5)
- summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	44114
Area code	+1 216
USGS GNIS	1072326
Topo map	USGS Cleveland North, Cleveland South
Annual Cargo Value	$1,000,000,000 [1]
Annual Tonnage	15,186,819 (2006)[7]
DryD[›] Bulk Tonnage	12,000,000 [5]
BreakB[›] Bulk Tonnage	500,000 [5]
Vessel Arrivals	959 (2006)[8]
Website: www.portofcleveland.com

The Port of Cleveland is a bulk freight 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^[1] and the fourth-largest Great Lakes port by annual tonnage.^E[›][7]

Cargo

The 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

• Inbound: Steel, heavy machinery, liquid/dry bulk^[5]
• Outbound: machinery and steel^[5]

Overall Annual Tonnage

• Generating $1 billion ($1,000,000,000.00 USD) per year in trade.^[1]
• Annual cargo handling averages between 11 million to 16 million tons^{[7][9][10][11][12][13][14]}
• Dry Bulk (loose materials such as limestone and grain): 12 million tons^[5]
• Break Bulk (packaged materials): 500,000 tons^[5]
• about 1,000 vessel visits,^[8]

Connections

Rail

Connections to:
(2) Class I railroads:^[15][16]

• CSX Transportation
• Norfolk Southern Railway

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

Port has truck access to four major Interstate highways:^[16][17]

• 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:

• I-271, I-480, and I-490;

and Ohio State Routes, such as:

• Ohio State Route 2

• East to: Euclid and Painesville
• West to: Rocky River and Elyria

Facilities

A warehouse at the Port of Cleveland

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.^[5]

Geography

The Port of Cleveland spans across the Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River to the turning basin.

Maritime

Docks are maintained at a full Great Lakes seaway depth, which is 27 feet (8.2 m).^[16]

Operators

Four terminal operators use port facilities:^[16]

• Carmeuse NA
• Essroc (Italcementi)
• Kenmore Construction
• Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.

Cleveland Bulk Terminal

Cleveland 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.^[18] The automated CBT iron ore loader system on Whiskey Island^[19] 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:^[16]

• Cleveland-Cliffs—supplier of iron ore pellets
• Mittal Steel Company—uses the pellets at its mills
• Carmeuse NA—CBT operator and materials transporter

Terminals

These facilities are:^[18]

• nine berths and docks in either open dock or two-berth facilities
• capacity for lifting up to 150 net tons
• direct 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

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Grantee #40, operates-owns several General Purpose Zone Foreign Trade Zones in Cuyahoga County, Ashtabula County and Lorain County.^C[›][21]

Port of Cleveland

Port 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.^[18]

Tow Path Valley Business Park

Tow 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.^[18]

See also

• List of North American ports
• List of ports in the United States

Notes

References

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