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Port Freeport 


Port Freeport is one of the great natural resources of Brazoria County.  When the Texas Freeport Sulfur Company began production at Bryan mound on Nov. 12, 1912, the need for a good port facility became imminent.  With direct access to the Gulf of Mexico the port has done a great deal to help attract and sustain local industry.  Port Freeport’s 45 foot deep, 400 foot wide, and 3.5-mile long channel quickly brings vessels up to 80,000 dead-weight tons from the Gulf of Mexico to the harbor.

Port Freeport is currently implementing an aggressive expansion program that has dredged its deep berthing area to 70 feet and it is now actively working toward the extension of “A” dock to 750 feet.  The port has a Gottwald 280 multi-purpose mobile crane, which has the capacity to perform 25 container moves per hour, or to be outfitted to handle lifts in excess of 100 tons.

In 1998 Port Freeport moved nearly one million tons of cargo over the public facilities.  Over 300,000 tons was comprised of rice imports and exports.  Another 250,000 tons represented fruit imports.  Another quarter-million tons was made up of chemicals and general cargo, both imports and exports.

In addition, Port Freeport has an on-site warehouse and transit shed space in excess of 400,000 square feet.  The active FTZ#149, permits unique incentives to Port Freeport’s clientele; it may allow for the deferral, reduction or possible elimination of duties.

The port owns some 8,000 acres of land for use by port-related companies including: American Rice, BASF Corporation, Dole, The Dow Chemical Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, and Trinity Industries, Inc.

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This page was last updated on March 03, 2008.  For more information about the Chamber of Commerce or the Brazosport Area, please contact the Chamber.