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merchandise that was received and forwarded into and from FTZ #62 totaled $2.04 billion last year. The port’s newest projects include the development of Short Sea Shipping capability. Short Sea Shipping utilizes both brown water and oceangoing barges to provide an economical method of transportation to move cargo with expected service routes from the port to: • Houston via Express Barge • Port Manatee, FL • Progreso, Mexico The port also is working on deepening and widening the Brownsville Ship Channel which will allow it to accommodate new, larger oceangoing ships, which will offer a cost savings through economies of trade and expand on the Port’s growing transportation capabilities. The Port of Brownsville is continuously working on improving its future by providing adequate facilities for cargo loading and off-loading. In addition, authorities continue to pursue opportunities for expansion of a deep draft, heavy lift general cargo dock to expand break bulk capabilities and for the construction of an additional oil dock as petroleum and liquid cargo business continues to grow. The Port of Brownsville, a deepwater facility, continues to grow and keep up with the ever-changing global marketplace. It is expanding and updating, all in an effort to continue to provide world-class service at this world-class facility. Port Freeport: A Catalyst for Growth Port Freeport currently ranks 13th among U.S. ports in international cargo tonnage handled. With a current channel depth of 45-feet, soon to be widened and deepened, and just three miles from open Gulf of Mexico waters, Port Freeport offers more than 7,500 acres for future development. Port Freeport serves its customers and stakeholders through development and marketing of competitive world-class navigational capabilities, technically advanced marine and multimodal terminal services and portrelated industrial facilities while achieving profits and creating jobs as a leading economic catalyst for the Texas Gulf Coast. Port officials have embarked on its first major terminal development endeavor in four decades. “This new project is a direct product of Port Freeport’s master planning effort and comes at a critical time in our Port’s history in which unprecedented growth is taking place,” said Port Commissioner J.M. “Mike” e are in the business of facilitating the movement of cargo world-wide. Whether by barge on the inland waterway system, via oceangoing vessels, by truck, rail or air, we are the port that provides the most e cient transportation facilities to move your cargo. So, when you need to move goods to Mexico or the World, call on the Port of Brownsville and just say: Move It! #3729 at www.BusinessFacilities.com (956) 831-4592 / 1-800-378-5395 • Main Fax (956) 831-5006 Marketing Fax (956) 831-5353 • www.portofbrownsville.com A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S 27 http://www.portofbrownsville.com http://www.portofbrownsville.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities - October 2008

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