Mount Vernon Port Overview
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Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon
Port Overview

Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon

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PORT COMPANIES

  • Agrium: Fertilizer distribution
  • Aventine: Ethanol production
  • CEMEX/Kosmos Cement: Cement distribution
  • CGB: Grain terminal, soybean processing
  • Cimbar Performance Minerals: Minerals processing
  • CTLC: General cargo stevedoring,logistics
  • Mead Johnson Nutrition: Distribution, warehousing
  • Mount Vernon Barge Service: Towing, fleeting, barge cleaning/repair, bulk stevedoring
  • Mount Vernon Transfer Terminal: Coal transloading to barge
  • Tri-County Agronomics: Liquid fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide distribution
Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon
  • Confluence of Trade: Largest public port within 175 miles of the Ohio-Mississippi Rivers intersection.
  • Top Tonnage Port: One of the top tonnage ports for barge and rail shipments along the Ohio River.
  • State of Motion: Indiana ranks 7th in U.S. waterborne shipping &15th in total domestic/international shipping.
  • Room to Grow: More than 300 acres available for industrial development.

Powerful Partnership - CTLC & Ports of Indiana: Providing transportation solutions to companies moving domestic and international cargo to and from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky region.

  • Ports of Indiana operates a statewide system of ports connected by water, rail and highways.
  • Port's crane terminal provides direct cargo-transfer between truck, rail, barge and warehouse.
  • CTLC is a major shipper, handler and merchandiser of bulk commodities throughout United States.
  • CTLC has access to global markets through 13 CTLC terminals, 70 CGB facilities and 160 offices in 85 countries.
  • CTLC & Cooper/T. Smith combined marketing and logistics of mid-stream operations at Gulf of Mexico.

PORT ADVANTAGES:

  • 60-ton, dual-lift overhead crane
  • 400-barge fleeting area
  • 200-car rail storage capacity
  • Rail service by Evansville Western
  • Highway connection to I-64
  • Foreign-Trade Zone #177
  • Recent $4 million dock expansion
  • 6 miles of interior rail
  • Heavy-haul roads; no weight limit

PORT FACILITIES:

  • 58,000 sq.ft. of warehouse storage
  • 50 acres of outdoor storage
  • Coal terminal with 8 million-ton annual capacity
  • $300 million invested in ethanol, grain, fertilizer, mineral and cement distribution facilities

PREMIER LOCATION:

  • 70 miles from median center of U.S. population
  • About 150 miles from Louisville, St. Louis & Nashville
  • 153 river miles from Ohio-Mississippi river confluence

MAJOR CARGOES:
Cement
Coal
Containers
Dried Distillers Grain
Ethanol
Fertilizer
Grain/Soybeans
Ingots/Billets
Minerals
Pig Iron
Project Cargo
Salt
Super Sacks
Steel Coils/Slabs/Scrap

WHO BENEFITS:

  • Automakers, suppliers and manufacturers
  • Steel, barge and rail companies
  • Project cargo shippers within 250 miles of Mount Vernon

   
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