Port of Greater Baton Rouge

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• Partnering for Success

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Port of Greater Baton RougeOverview
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Port Facts
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PortsMajor Economic Drivers in Louisiana

• LA ports access waterways in 32 states
• Ports have 32.9 B impact on LA
• Ports generate 270,000 jobs/1 in 8
• Ports produce 467 M in recurring tax revenue
• Ports are essential to the petrochemical industry

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Port of Greater Baton RougeMajor Economic
Driver in Port Region
Economic Impacts in Four Parish Area Economic Impacts in Four Parish Area
Total Spending 11.3 Billion
Wage Impact 808 Million
Jobs Generated 22,515
Tax Revenues Generated 130 Million
Includes Public and Private Port Facilities Includes Public and Private Port Facilities
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Positive Environmental Impact

1 60,000 bbl.two-barge tow is equivalent to
300 Trucks
Source Red River Waterway Commission
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Our Vision
The Ports vision is to expand our role as an
economic development driver for the Port region
by partnering with businesses, industries and
communities to create jobs and economic
growth. Jay Hardman, P.E., Executive Director
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PartneringKey Strategy for Success
We partner with industries and businesses to
provide solutions to their business challenges
Cost of transportation of products
Need for economic and financial incentives
Need for moving products by containers
Need for storage of commodities for market timing
Need for just in time distribution in the region
Business locations which facilitate transportation
Efficient loading and unloading of cargo
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PartneringOur Key Strategy for Success
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PartneringIntermodal Transportation System

• On the MS River and GIWW
• Connects to three major railways
• Connects to I-10, I-12, I-49, I-55, I-59
• Close to BR, NO, and Lafayette Airports
• Accessible to metropolitan airports

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PartneringUnique Facilities
General Cargo Facilities

• Port is a gateway to International trade
• Accessible to ocean going vessels 45ft. draft
• Superior warehouses and 3000 ft. berthing space
• Direct transfer between ship, rail, barge and
  truck
• Midstream Mooring System

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PartneringUnique Facilities
Inland Rivers Marine Terminal (IRMT)

• 60 acre facility for Container on Barge Services
• Offers marshalling facility and storage yard
• Has RORO and heavy lift services
• Available property for lease and development
• Partners Dow Chemical, South LA Cement, and
  Osprey

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PartneringUnique Facilities
Port and LA Sugarcane Cooperative

• Business challenges market timing and reach
  solved with 80,000 ton storage and distribution
  facility
• Cane processed into raw sugar and stored for
  optimum pricing
• Facility can load 50,000 ton ships or 1500 ton
  barges
• Product can be shipped to Gulf coast and Eastern
  mills
• Sugar in your morning coffee started at our Port

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PartneringUnique Facilities
Port and Cargill Grain Elevator Horizon Flour
Mill

• Largest storage elevator on the Mississippi
• Handles 11 of LAs grain production
• Location saves farmers 1.3 M annually
• The mill has a capacity of 6,000 cwt and grinds
  360 tons of wheat a day with 20 of that wheat
  coming from Louisiana.
• Your morning toast started at our Port

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PartneringUnique Facilities
Port and Community Coffee

• Ports location has cost advantages for many
  companies
• Beans imported from 50 countries by truck from
  NO Port
• Roasted and vacuum packed at the Port
• Transported by truck to 11 states and 43 CC
  Coffee Houses
• Your toast, coffee and sugar started at our Port

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PartneringUnique Facilities
Port Warehouses Provide Just in Time Inventory

• Local businesses receive goods by ship, barge,
  truck, or rail and cost effectively store them at
  port
• Port has 525,000 sq. ft. of warehouses and
  transit sheds
• Customers range from Exxon/Mobil to Wal-Mart

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Other Partnersat the Port

• Molasses Terminal Westway Terminal Company
• Oil Terminal Petroleum Fuel and Terminal
  Company, sub. of Apex Oil Company
• Barge Terminal and Bulk Coke Handling facility
  Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminal

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PartneringMarketing Network
Mississippi River Corridor Initiative

• Cooperative endeavor among NO, Plaquemines, St.
  Bernard, South LA and Baton Rouge Ports
• Marketing the ports as the largest port in the
  world
• Coordinated by University of NO College of Urban
  Affairs
• Partners DED, Chambers of Commerce, Regional
  Economic Dev. Agencies

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PartneringFinancial and Economic Resources
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Our Partnerships Can Work For Your Business

• Experienced leadership team and customer focused
  staff
• Property with port resource advantages
• Intermodal transportation system, unique
  facilities, marketing network and financial and
  economic resources meet complex business
  challenges

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Your PortYour Partner For Success
Together We Will Grow the Port Regions Economic
Future!