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Alabama State Port Authority FY 2007
Dedicated: 1928
Acreage: Total - 4,000

 

   Main Complex: 570
  
McDuffie Island: 556
  
Choctaw Point: 380+/- acres
  
Other Sites: 2,098
  
Inland Docks:
462
Number of Berths: 37

Channel Depth: 45 Feet to the Tunnels; 40 Foot in the River Harbor

4 Million sq. ft. of warehousing and open yards.

Number of vessel calls: ASPA 859; Portwide: 1,295

Revenue Producing Rail Car Movements: 111,782

2007 ASPA Tonnage: 26.9 Million Tons
2007 ASPA Containers: 108,572 TEUs
2006 ASPA Containers: 68,823 TEUs
2005 ASPA Containers: 42,443 TEUs
2004 ASPA Containers: 37,375 TEUs
2003 ASPA Containers: 23,960 TEUs
ASPA 2007 Revenue: $109.7 Million

Imports: Containers Coal, Aluminum, Iron, Steel, Copper, Lumber, Woodpulp, Plywood,
             Fence Posts, Veneers, Roll and Cut Paper, Cement, and Chemicals.

Exports: Containers Coal, Lumber, Plywood, Woodpulp, OSB, Laminate, Flooring,
              Roll and Cut Paper, Iron, Steel, Frozen Poultry, Soybeans, and Chemicals.

ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES

 

McDuffie Coal Terminal:

Total Tonnage for FY '07: 18.02 Million

Size: Largest Import Terminal in the Nation

Second Largest in Nation

Ground Capacity: 2.3 Million Tons

Annual Throughput Capacity: 22 Million Tons

Berths: 3; Shiploaders: 1;  Ship Unloaders: 3

Rail Dumps: 1 Tandem; 1 Single

Stacker/Reclaimers: 4; Double Stacker: 2

Barge Unloaders: 2; Barge Loader: 3

Automatic Samplers:

McDuffie terminals
   
   

Bulk Material Handling Plant:

Tonnage FY '07: 3.0 Million

Ground Storage Capacity: 400,000 Tons

Covered Storage Capacity: 100,000 Tons

Major commodities: Import Coal

Berths: 2; Barge Loader: 1

Ship Loader: 1
                  
Air Draft 49 feet @ mean low tide.
                   Boom extends 70 feet from face of dock.
                   Travel limit is 800 feet.

Tower Unloaders: (F & H Towers)
                    75 feet to water @ mean low tide.
                    Maximum beam of ship that can be worked
                    over side is 72 feet.

Length of Pier: 1,564 feet; Depth alongside Pier: 40 feet

Maximum size vessel without approval from
Harbormaster: 850 feet X 120 feet

Conveyor sizes:

 

"A" Belt

48"

#7 Belt

36"

Loader

42"

#1

42"

#8

42"

Stacker

48"

#1 Shuttle

42"

#9

42"

"F" Scale

60"

#2

42"

#11

42"

"H" Scale

60"

#4

54"

B-1

36"

ALCOA Belts

42"

#5

42"

B-2

36"    

#6

42"        

Click here for more information.

Bulk Material Handling Plant
   
   

General Cargo/Intermodal:

Tonnage FY '07: 3.38 Million

Export %: 49; Import %: 51

Berths: 28; Rail Ferry Terminal, 21-acre Container Yard,
           Freezer Terminal, RO/RO Ramp

Major Commodities: Containers, Woodpulp, Iron & Steel,
                              Aluminum, Copper, Lumber, Linerboard
                              &
Paper, Frozen Poultry

general cargo / Intermodal
   
   

Terminal Railway:

111,782 Revenue-Producing Moves in FY2007

Eight Locomotives

247 Freight Cars

75 Miles of Track

Terminal railway
   
   

Theodore Terminals:

Mobile Middle Bay Port:

200 acres

600-Foot Finger Pier

36-Foot Draft

 

Marine Liquid Bulk Terminal:

Tonnage FY '07: 1.2 Million 

1,100-Foot Pier

40-Foot Depth at Ship (east) Berth

12-Foot Depth at Barge (west) Berth

 
   
   

Inland Docks:

Bridgeport

14 acres

Eufaula

13 acres

Claiborne

54 acres

Montgomery

32 acres

Columbia

59 acres

Phenix City

110 acres

Cordova 

60 acres

Selma

37 acres

Demopolis

16 acres

Tuscaloosa-Northport

68 acres

Axis

5 acres

 

 
   
   

For more information, please contact:

 

Judith Adams, Manager
Media Relations & Economic Development
Phone: 251-441-7003
Fax: 251-441-7216
Email: jadams@asdd.com

 
 
 
 
 

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