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SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY, TX (BEAUMONT, ORANGE, PORT ARTHUR, AND SABINE PASS HARBOR, TX)
Section Included: Gulf of Mexico to turning basins at west Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange, TX, about 85.8 miles; Adams Bayou Channel, about
106 miles; and Cow Bayou Channel, about 7 miles. Maintained Depth: Sabin Pass Channel, TX, 40 feet; Port Arthur, TX , 37 feet; Beaumont, TX, 39
feet; extension to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, 32 feet; Orange, TX, 27 feet except channel around Harbor Island, 20 feet; Adams Bayou Channel, 9
feet; and Cow Bayou Chanel, 8 feet. Tidal range to 3 feet at mean higher high water.
*Revised after original year of publication
Comparative Statement of Traffic (thousand short tons)
Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total
1994 99,675 1997 116,012 2000 126,295* 2003 143,923
1995 103,254 1998 115,935 2001 128,944
1996 103,262 1999 114,393 2002 135,088
Freight Traffic, 2003 (thousand short tons)
Commodity Total
Foreign Canadian
Inbound* Outbound* Inbound Outbound
Total, all commodities 87,265 76,198 8,984 1,409 675
Total petroleum and petroleum products 81,919 74,286 5,917 1,059 656
Subtotal crude petroleum 70,159 69,260 —- 898 —-
2100 crude petroleum 70,159 69,260 —- 898 —-
Subtotal petroleum products 11,760 5,026 5,917 161 656
2211 gasoline 2,130 521 1,571 30 7
2221 kerosene 6 —- 6 —- —-
2330 distillate fuel oil 1,738 1,325 401 12 —-
2340 residual fuel oil 56 56 —- —- —-
2350 lube oil & greases 1,377 1,301 76 —- —-
2429 naphtha & solvents 1,737 1,532 87 118 —-
2540 petroleum coke 4,716 290 3,777 —- 649
Total chemicals and related products 1,988 420 1,555 14 —-
Subtotal fertilizers 362 —- 362 —- —-
3130 potassic fert. 293 —- 293 —- —-
3190 fert. & mixes nec 69 —- 69 —- —-
Subtotal other chemicals and related products 1,626 420 1,193 14 —-
3211 acyclic hydrocarbons 4 —- 4 —- —-
3212 benzene & toluene 41 19 15 7 —-
3219 other hydrocarbons 504 8 496 —- —-
3220 alcohols 142 74 68 —- —-
3240 nitrogen func. comp. 3 —- 3 —- —-
3250 organo - inorg. comp. 3 —- 3 —- —-
3260 organic comp. nec 88 0 88 —- —-
3272 sulphuric acid 77 71 6 —- —-
3273 ammonia 172 172 —- —- —-
3275 inorg. elem., oxides, & halogen salts 1 —- 1 —- —-
3276 metallic salts 379 —- 379 —- —-
3279 inorganic chem. nec 0 —- 0 —- —-
3285 perfumes & cleansers 0 0 —- —- —-
3286 plastics 98 —- 91 7 —-
3297 chemical additives 46 8 38 —- —-
3299 chem. products nec 66 66 —- —- —-
Total crude materials, inedible except fuels 1,158 729 74 336 19
Subtotal forest products, wood and chips 152 126 24 3 —-
4150 fuel wood 0 0 —- —- —-
4170 wood in the rough 2 2 —- —- —-
4189 lumber 148 121 24 3 —-
4190 forest products nec 3 3 —- —- —-
Subtotal pulp and waste paper 164 160 3 —- —-
4225 pulp & waste paper 164 160 3 —- —-
Subtotal soil, sand, gravel, rock and stone 777 443 —- 334 —-
4310 building stone 120 46 —- 74 —-
4322 limestone 382 314 —- 68 —-
4331 sand & gravel 275 84 —- 192 —-
Subtotal sulphur, clay and salt 64 —- 46 —- 19
4741 sulphur, (dry) 2 —- 2 —- —-
4782 clay & refrac. mat. 62 —- 44 —- 19
Total primary manufactured goods 842 677 165 —- —-
Subtotal paper products 181 33 148 —- —-
5110 newsprint 14 14 —- —- —-
5120 paper & paperboard 159 12 148 —- —-
5190 paper products nec 8 8 —- —- —-
Subtotal lime, cement and glass 1 1 —- —- —-
5290 misc. mineral prod. 1 1 —- —- —-
Subtotal primary iron and steel products 496 480 17 —- —-
5320 i&s primary forms 341 334 6 —- —-
5330 i&s plates & sheets 90 90 —- —- —-
5360 i&s bars & shapes 20 10 10 —- —-
5370 i&s pipe & tube 6 5 1 —- —-
5390 primary i&s nec 40 40 —- —- —-
Subtotal primary non-ferrous metal products 29 29 0 —- —-
5421 copper 27 27 —- —- —-
5422 aluminum 2 2 —- —- —-
5480 fab. metal products 0 0 0 —- —-
Subtotal primary wood products 135 135 0 —- —-
5540 primary wood prod. 135 135 0 —- —-
178 GALVESTON, TX DISTRICT U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS