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Port reports heavy cargo activity, progress on BT‑1 construction and timber export prospects

Port of Lake Charles Commission · June 24, 2024
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Operations staff reported multiple large cargo discharges and loaded shipments in May, progress on a new BT‑1 storage pad and dock upgrades, and business development staff described timber export prospects and potential USAID container shipments for food aid.

Port operations staff told commissioners June 24 that City Docks recently discharged two ships and a barge carrying roughly 46,000 tons of aluminum hydrate, completed two cargo transfers (~13,000 tons), handled a lumber vessel (~14,500 tons) and a liquids ship (~5,400 tons), and has multiple additional vessels…

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