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personal. At Port Corpus Christi,our partnerships are at the
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flowing and our customers thriving for 90 years.
Our tools of the trade are our people. From the staff and
leadership at Port Corpus Christi, and the companies and
stakeholders that shape us, to our city and county officials,
the energy of our region is felt around the globe.
Thank you Coastal Bend, for 90 great years.

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Welcome from the Executive Director:

Port Corpus Christi evolves to further energize South Texas economic growth
When Corpus Christis seaport emerged a decade shy of a century
ago as a conduit for getting locally grown cotton to faraway markets, its
founders could scarcely have imagined the dynamic port we see today
drawing tens of billions of dollars of investments from not just here in
Texas, but throughout the world.
As the port evolved to meet the needs of regional commerce,
advancing as a hub for oil refineries and related activities, it became
clear the ports future would center around energy, and again our
forefathers could little have fathomed how far-reaching the impacts of
energy would be.
From the ecofriendly wind-power components that cross our docks
to the affordably abundant supply of natural gas to the fuel-diverse
industry we are attracting from near and far, Port Corpus Christi is
accomplishing its mission to leverage commerce to drive prosperity.
Our vision to be the energy port of the Americas is becoming reality.
In 2016, we find ourselves once again at the vanguard of the energy
industry having become the first U.S. port in four decades from which
crude oil exports are being shipped an activity we could not have
envisaged even a few short years ago when importing oil was a primary
activity before the Texas shale oil boom.
Ive had the privilege of serving here for about one-fourth of the 90
years Corpus Christis seaport has been in operation but, even blessed

with that wealth of experience, I do

not dare predict what will propel
Port Corpus Christi nine decades
from now. But I can say with
confidence that long after Im gone
the port will be the protagonist for
prosperity for the Coastal Bend.
We sometimes hear the term
that something reinvents itself.
Certainly in the case of Port
Corpus Christi that would not be
an accurate statement as such
success is the fruit of the work of
a host of dedicated people. The
thriving evolution of our port has
been through forward-thinking
collaboration on the part of port
commissioners and staff and
public and private-sector partners
too numerous to list.
Together, we have shaped Port
Corpus Christi into the energetic force it is today and set the course for
the next 90 years of driving the South Texas economy.

Past faces of the Port of Corpus Christi

James L. Boyd, the Port of Corpus Christis first director, was born in 1869, in Union, Arkansas. Boyd operated
a steamship agency in Beaumont when plans were being made for the port in Corpus Christi. The new harbor
interested Boyd, and he moved to the city in 1925 with his company, Boyd-Campbell.
The Boyd-Campbell company was the first local stevedore company and steamship agency to serve as money
changer, grocer, fuel attendant, cargo business agent, public relations expert and general problem-solver for the
ships that called in Corpus Christi.
Port officials offered him the job of port director, which he served until 1930 when he was succeeded by Colonel
Lewis M. Adams. Boyd remained with the port as assistant director and traffic manager until his death in 1939.

Jesse F. Jamison Jr. served as Port of Corpus Christi director from 1971 until his death in 1975. He entered the
transportation field in 1947 as a clerk for the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Austin and came to Corpus Christi in 1951
as the companys traffic representative, a position he held until he joined the port in 1960 as traffic manager.
In 1966 he was given the added duties of assistant port director and in 1970 was named general manager. In 1971
he became port director. One of Jamisons most significant achievements for the port was the winning of equalized
export rail rates for cotton and grain shipped here from North Texas, eastern New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Jamison is credited with providing the leadership and guidance that allowed the port to grow to an extent that in
1974, the port surpassed previous records for tonnage handled.

The name of Lewis M. Adams, who served as the ports director from 1930 to 1947, is almost synonymous with the
early development of Corpus Christis deepwater channel and harbor.
Adams, a Pennsylvania native, was born in 1882 and entered the United States Military Academy at the age of
17. He graduated in 1903 and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers, which took him to Galveston in 1921 to be
the district engineer for the area from Port Arthur to Brownsville. During his four years in that capacity, he was
instrumental in the development of a deepwater port at Corpus Christi.
Colonel Adams retired from the Army in 1929 and was named director of the Port of Corpus Christi the following
year. His long tenure was marked by many improvements at the port. He died in 1947.

Harry G. Plomarity
In 1986, the ports 60th anniversary, Harry G. Plomarity observed two anniversaries of his own. He completed his 10th
year as executive director and his 33rd year with the port. A Corpus Christi native, Plomarity graduated from Corpus
Christi College-Academy and holds degrees from Del Mar College, St. Marys College in California and Columbia
University. Following two years of service with the U.S. Army, he joined the port staff in 1953 as an accountant.
And 13 years later, he was appointed auditor for the Port Authority of Corpus Christi and assistant secretary to the
Port Commission. He was named director of finance and administration in 1973 and became executive director in
1976. He retired from the port in 1994. John LaRue, Plomaritys successor, was executive director of the Philadelphia
Regional Port Authority before becoming executive director for the Port of Corpus Christi.

W. Byrd Harris has a two-fold distinction with the Port of Corpus Christi. He served on the port staff for 44 years
with 24 years as port director.
A Houston native, Harris came to Corpus Christi to join the port staff in 1929. His tenure as director began in 1947
and continued until his 1971 retirement, when he remained a consultant until 1973. He also became a volunteer
with the International Executive Service Corps and served three months in 1975 in El Salvador as a consultant to the
Port of Acajutla on the Pacific Coast.
He was the first president of the Corpus Christi Area Oil Spill Control Association and president of the Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce, Gulf Ports Association and Texas Industrial Traffic League. He was an original member of the
Board of Trade, Port of Corpus Christi and helped organize the Coastal Bend Grain Exchange.

James C. Storm, who died in 1991, was on the board of commissioners for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority from
1973 to 1911 and was chairman of the board of commissioners from 1983 to 1991.
Cargo Dock One Pavilion is dedicated in memory of Storm in recognition of his outstanding service to the port and
the community. His strong, stable leadership was instrumental in shaping the Port of Corpus Christi into one of the
largest seaports in the United States. (Currently, the port ranks No. 5.)
Storm strongly believed the true value of a persons life is measured by the concern shown to ones fellow man. In
his words,Nothing else in life is really last except what you do for others. The rest just doesnt matter very much.

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PHOTOS 2016 LANMON AERIAL OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

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2011

M&G CHEMICALS ANNOUNCES CORPUS CHRISTI FACILITY

PORT SIGNS MOU WITH PANAMA CANAL
LA QUINTA CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FUNDED
AND BREAKS GROUND

PORT POLICE
& SECURITY DEPT.
ESTABLISHED

2010

NAVAL STATION INGLESIDE

CLOSES, REVERTS TO PORT

2015

SOLOMON P. ORTIZ
INTERNATIONAL
CENTER OPENS

GULF COMPRESS
RELOCATED TO
LA QUINTA,
FIRST TENANTS
2008

2004

1998
2000

1997

CITGO REFINERY BUYS

CHAMPLIN REFINERY

SAIL SOUTH TEXAS

WELCOMES TALL SHIPS

TULE LAKE
BRIDGE
DEMOLISHED

NUECES RIVER RAIL

YARD PHASE I
COMPLETED
FIRST U.S. CRUDE OIL
EXPORT IN 40 YEARS
SAILS OUT OF PORT
CORPUS CHRISTI

DREDGING COMMENCES
EXTENDING 45 CHANNEL
DEPTH TO LA QUINTA

MARION LUNA BREM

FIRST FEMALE
COMMISSIONER

FIRST MILITARY
EQUIPMENT
SHIPMENT
DEPLOYS TO IRAQ

RUBEN BONILLA SIGNS

HISTORIC MOU WITH CUBA
SAN PATRICIO COUNTY SEAT
ADDED TO COMMISSION
JUDY HAWLEY- 1ST APPOINTEE

ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM OBTAINS ISO
14001 CERTIFICATION
CONGRESS AUTHORIZES
CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP
CHANNEL DEEPENING
TO 52

OXY INGLESIDE
PURCHASES
FORMER
NAVAL STATION
INGLESIDE
PORT APPROVES
$15 MILLION
FOR NEW
HARBOR BRIDGE

2014
20

2012

JOE FULTON
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
CORRIDOR OPENS

2013

KOCH AQUIRES
WEST REFINERY

JOHN LARUE
BECOMES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WHATABURGER
FIELD OPENS
ON PORT
PROPERTY

2007

GRAIN ELEVATOR
EXPLOSION KILLS 9
AND INJURES 30

HARRY PLOMARITY,
PORT DIRECTOR OF
41 YEARS RETIRES

YOLANDA OLIVAREZ,
FIRST HISPANIC FEMALE
APPOINTED PORT
COMMISSION CHAIR

2005

VALERO OPENS

2001

NAVAL STATION
INGLESIDE OPENS

1994

1990

1985
1981

1967

RICHARD
KING
TERMINAL
OPENS

KOCH
RENAMED
FLINT HILLS
RESOURCES

Sunday, September 18, 2016

TIANJIN PIPE CORPORATION (TPCO) BREAKS GROUND

VOESTALPINE
TEXAS, LLC
BREAKS GROUND
AT LA QUINTA

2016

PUBLIC GRAIN
ELEVATOR OPENS

RINCON
INDUSTRIAL
PARK
COMPLETED

FOREIGN TRADE
ZONE #122
ESTABLISHED

BOARD OF
TRADE
RENAMED
PORT
INDUSTRIES
OF CORPUS
CHRISTI

MARY RHODES
PIPELINE
PHASE 1 OPENS

2003

BOARD OF TRADE,
PORT CORPUS
CHRISTI FORMED
(10 INDUSTRY
MEMBERS)

1968

1959

CHANNEL
EXTENSION TO
TULE LAKE
BRIDGE
COMPLETED

1975

CORN
PRODUCTS
REFINING
COMPANY
OPENS

HARBOR
BRIDGE OPENS
BULK DOCK
OPENS
OPERATIONS

45 CHANNEL
DREDGING
FROM GULF
TO VIOLA
TURNING BASIN
COMPLETED

1995

1989

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INNER HARBOR
CANAL
WIDENED FROM
200 TO 400

1953

1947

TAYLOR
REFINING
COMPANY
OPENS

1958

REYNOLDS
METAL
COMPANY
OPENS

1952

1951

CARGO SHIFTS
FROM COTTON
TO OIL

CHANNEL AND
INDUSTRY
CANAL
DEEPENED TO
34 FEET

SOUTHERN ALKALI
CORPORATION
OPENS

1934

1930

1936

ARANSAS
COMPRESS
COMPANY
OPENS, FIRST
PORT BUSINESS

1943
943

PORT OPENS
WITH
STATEWIDE
CELEBRATION

1928

1926

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JAN. - AUG.
OIL DOCK 15 BREAKS
GROUND, PLANNED
FOR 52 DEPTH
NEW HARBOR BRIDGE
BREAKS GROUND
PANAMA CANAL
EXPANSION OPENS

90 YEARS
OF BUILDING PA
P RTNERSHIPS
P
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Making history for nine decades as

Corpus Christis maritime lifeblood
The rich history of Corpus Christis seaport formally dates back to Sept.
14, 1926 when the port officially opened as the global gateway for shipping
locally grown cotton, but the maritime roots of the Sparkling City by the Seas
extend back nearly 500 years.
In 1519, Spanish explorer and mapmaker Alonso lvarez de Pineda sailed
into a lush semitropical bay along what would become known as the Texas
Gulf Coast on the Roman Catholic feast day of Corpus Christi Latin for Body
of Christ thus giving the settlement its name.
Founded in 1839 as a military trading post called Kinneys Ranch the city
was incorporated under its current name with a population of fewer than 200
on Sept. 9, 1852, although historians note that Native Americans used the site
much earlier as what settlers referred to as the Old Indian Trading Grounds. In
August 1862, the town suffered extensive damage as the site of an American
Civil War land and sea engagement known as the Battle of Corpus Christi.
Early records indicate that initial efforts to establish a deepwater port at
Corpus Christi date back as far as 1848, but it wasnt until after the destructive
hurricanes of 1916 and 1919 that leaders of Nueces County convinced U.S.
Congress to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to embark upon a
feasibility study for creation of a port through Aransas Pass.
Noting the 40-foot elevation of the Corpus Christi bluff the highest
point on the tidewaters between Miami and Veracruz, Mexico as well as its
service via multiple railroads, a Corps of Engineer district engineer named
Maj. Lewis M. Adams recommended locating the port at Corpus Christi. (After
promotion to the rank of colonel and retirement from the Army, Adams
would go on to serve as port director of the Port of Corpus Christi from 1930
to 1947.)
Following circulation of a petition to create a navigational district voters
approved the idea in an Oct. 31, 1922, election, and on Nov. 13, 1922, the
Nueces County Commissioners Court certified the election results and
entered an order creating Nueces County Navigation District No. 1 a name
that would stand until changed by the Texas Legislature on May 20, 1981, to
the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas.

USN Destroyers at the 1926 opening ceremony.

Harbor Bridge construction taken from North Side of Ship Channel near the bascule bridge.

In 1923, Congress authorized the Corps of Engineers to construct a

25-foot-deep, 200-foot-wide channel from the Gulf of Mexico through
the jetties at Port Aransas to a shallow bayou area on Corpus Christi Bay.
Dredging began in January
1925 and was completed a year later at a federal cost of $1.8 million. Proceeds
from a $1 million local bond issue were used toward land acquisition, turning
basin dredging, and construction of the first four cargo docks.
In addition, the bascule bridge which could be raised to allow passage
of ships was erected to carry the two-lane roadway and rail trestle that had
earlier been built over the bayou, and the bascule bridge remained under the
authority of the navigation district until its removal in 1960.
The official statewide celebration of the opening of the Port of Corpus
Christi began on Sept. 14, 1926, and many reports indicate it lasted for two
days. By this point, the population of Corpus Christi had surged to more than
20,000, propelled by cotton production. Indeed, cotton represented the first
cargo loaded at the port, and the first business on port-owned land was that
of the Aransas Compress Co.
By 1928, it became apparent that four docks werent enough, and a $1.5
million bond issue facilitated the building of two additional docks. In 1930,
the channel was deepened to 30 feet.
With the discovery in the early 1930s of large oil fields in Nueces and San
Patricio counties and surrounding areas the navigation district saw a need to
develop oil docks. Refineries began locating along the port, the first being the
Taylor Refining Co. in 1934. By 1936, a 32-foot depth was federally achieved
across the bay to the turning basin, while the navigation district paid for
deepening to 32 feet of the turning basin at Avery Point and the newly built
Industrial Canal. That was followed by further deepening and widening.
In the 1940s, the Coastal Bend became a hub of grain sorghum
production, and as local farmers were having to endure the costs of
transporting crops to the closest grain elevators in Houston or Galveston the
port was approached to build a grain elevator in Corpus Christi. With bonds
and cash the port built a public grain elevator that opened in 1953, and dueto
its success it was enlarged in 1959 and again in 1961, financed solely by the
facilitys earnings.

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enrollment in the
Del Mar College Process
Technology Program,
we still couldnt meet
regional demand.
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CEO, Corpus Christi
Regional Econmic
Development Corporation

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As time marches on, Port grows

as businesses invest in the Coastal Bend
The 1950s also brought the first major business a Reynolds Metals
Co. aluminum reduction plant to the La Quinta property on the north
side of Corpus Christi Bay, as well as further channel and turning basin
improvements. In 1953, the Board of Trade-Port of Corpus Christi (to become
the not-for-profit Port Industries of Corpus Christi in 1996) was established
to encourage more business enterprises to come. And, notably, the current
Harbor Bridge was completed in 1959.
The 60s and 70s saw more progress including the opening of the
Richard King Terminal in 1967 and completion of Rincon Industrial Park in
1968 as well as the ports 50th anniversary celebration in 1976.
The port received designation of Foreign-Trade Zone No. 122 in 1985, the
same year a San Patricio County site was selected for the U.S. Naval Station
Ingleside Homeport. That military facility would be dedicated in 1990, and,
following decommissioning,
the 576-acre propertys
ownership reverted in 2010
to the Port of Corpus Christi,
which in turn sold portions
of it to Flint Hills Resources
and a subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
And, in 1989, the 45-footdeep harbor project was
completed.
Diversification of cargo
The early days at Cargo Dock 1.
and revenue bases and more
facility construction and renovation continued through the 1990s. The first
decade of the new millennium brought more new types of cargo to the
port including massive wind energy components moved by three Class I
railroads, and cotton warehouses were relocated to La Quinta, giving way to
uses such as a family waterpark and Whataburger Field, home of the Corpus
Christi Hooks, AA affiliate of the Houston Astros. On Oct. 18, 2007, a Texassized ribbon-cutting celebrated the opening of the $55 million Joe Fulton
International Trade Corridor, greatly enhancing road and rail access for port
commerce.
By 2011, oil and gas were flowing from the nearby Eagle Ford shale
formation, and Port Corpus Christi by then having achieved ranking as
No. 5 in total cargo tonnage handled among all U.S. ports became the
gateway of choice for the steady stream of petroleum and related products.
Total crude oil volume moving through the Port rose to an all-time high with
outbound activity surpassing inbound levels.
Industry-leading companies from Texas and indeed throughout the
world, recognizing the ready supply of affordable energy, unsurpassed
logistics links, and favorable labor and tax conditions began embarking
upon multibillion-dollar investments in facilities throughout Port Corpus
Christi.
Funded in part by a competitive federal grant and the ports rail partners,
the $17.8 million first phase of the Nueces River Rail Yard opened in April
2015 significantly boosting the ports multimodal capabilities, and the
facilitys second phase is on target for completion in early 2017.

Keeping
Corpus Christi
connected

PCC Bulk Terminal construction and construction of the gantry crane that still provides service today.

Also on the horizon are a wider, deeper channel to reach 52-foot depth
by early in the coming decade, and in a similar timeframe a $1.15 billion
taller span to replace the vintage Harbor Bridge to allow safe, easy passage of
super-sized vessels.
As 2015 came to a close, the history-making at Port Corpus Christi
continued as on Dec. 31, the first U.S. crude oil export shipment in 40 years
sailed from the port, and the port looks to achieve many more prodigious
milestones throughout 2016 and beyond, further driving the economy of
Corpus Christi and all South Texas.

Early 90s aerial from the South Side of the Inner Harbor near the harbor bridge.

The La Quinta Trade Gateway Terminal is expected

to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in wages,
purchases, and business revenue. Development
along the extended La Quinta channel will help
make that possible.
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environment with sustainable mitigation solutions,
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Congratulations to the Port on

their 90th anniversary!

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Celebrating90Yearsoffriendships,
Relationships and Partnerships
A Welcome from Charles W. Zahn Jr., Chairman,
Port of Corpus Christi Authority
Port Corpus Christi has a 90-year
history of establishing relationships,
forging partnerships, and cementing
friendships. These as much as any
oceangoing cargo vessels are the
ships that have made our port
successful and that will continue for
decades to come.
We have succeeded in attracting
a dynamic and diverse commercial
base to Port Corpus Christi through
relationships with industry and
among counties of the Coastal Bend
as well as by way of entities such as

Port Industries of Corpus Christi,

Corpus Christi Regional Economic
Development Corporation, City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces County and
San Patricio County, to name a few.
Through these and other vibrant
partnerships, we have been able
to make leaders of business and
trade around the globe aware of

our business-friendly state, of our

ports abundance of land proximate
to deep water supported by superb
multimodal links, and of our
regions unique abilities to train the
workforces they need when making
billions of dollars of investments in
and around the port.
In fact, the number of permanent
high-paying skilled jobs supported
by the port is approaching 100,000,
plus tens of thousands more
employed in construction phases as
our nationwide economic impact has
swelled to more than $17 billion a
year.
Our commitment to selectively
bringing in new business while
facilitating the growth of those
already here is unwavering backed
by such infrastructure enhancements
as a deeper, wider ship channel, taller
Harbor Bridge, and expanding rail
yard.
Relationships, partnerships, and
friendships have long been at the
heart of everything we do at Port
Corpus Christi, and to these I would
add another ship, that being
stewardship. With our globally
recognized environmental strategies
in collaboration with the Coastal
Bend Bays & Estuaries Program,
Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality, and others, we have achieved
remarkable commercial growth
while maintaining the splendor of
our world-class resort community.
With ships like these, Port Corpus
Christi is welcoming the world aboard
to join in the sharing of unparalleled
prosperity for the Coastal Bend and
far beyond.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Current Commissioners

Charles Zahn
Term: 2015-2018
Chair
Nueces County Appointee
Charles W. Zahn, Jr. is the current Chairman of the Port Corpus Christi Commission. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from
Texas A&M University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Baylor University, and is Partner in the Law Offices of Charles
W. Zahn, Jr. Chairman Zahn is a long-time resident of Port Aransas, Texas where his community involvement and
organizational affiliations include Port Aransas Parks and Recreation Board, Port Aransas Charter Commission,
Port Aransas Rotary Club, Friends of the Ellis Library, Keep Port Aransas Beautiful, Port Aransas Preservation and
Historical Association, Aransas County ISD Education Foundation, and Coastal Conservation Association, to name a
few. Commissioner Zahn also serves on the Nueces County Board of Park Commissioners.

Wayne Squires
Term: 2015-2018
Vice Chair
City of Corpus Christi Appointee
Port Corpus Christi Commission Vice-Chair, Wayne M. Squires, is a Pennsylvania State University graduate with a
Bachelors of Science degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer
and President of Orion Drilling Company, LLC. Orion Drilling Company, LLC is engaged in the business of design,
manufacture, operation and transportation of land oil and gas drilling equipment. Operating in four states with
approximately 700 employees, Orion is one of only two land drilling contractors in North America to hold an API
4F certification. Orion additionally holds API Q1, ISO 9001, API 7K and ASME certifications. Commissioner Squires
has over 34 years of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry including Co-founder and President of Pioneer Drilling
and President of PRC Drilling Company. He currently serves on the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Foundation Board
of Trustees, and is Co-chairman for the Texas State Aquarium Capital Campaign. Mr. Squires also served as past
President of the Del Mar College Foundation.
Barbara Canales
Term: 2014-2017
Secretary
Nueces County Appointee
Port Corpus Christi Commission Secretary, Barbara A. Canales, is a graduate of Corpus Christis W.B. Ray High School, holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University
of Houston. Secretary Canales is a distinguished professional and active member of the South Texas community. She is a practicing
attorney and partner of Mother Ocean, LLC. In addition to numerous past appointments, current boards and committees which Barbara
A. Canales is active include; The Ready or Not Foundation, President; Education is our Freedom Scholarship Foundation; Dr. Hector
Garcia Memorial Foundation; Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Eagleford Shale Consortium Committee; Robstown EDC;
EFCREO Texas A&M University Kingsville; and the South Texas Institute of the Arts Development Committee. She is a member of the
State Bar of Texas and the Corpus Christi Bar Association. Distinguished honors include the, LULAC Council No. 1 Community Leadership
Award, NAACP Humanitarian Award, Las Estrellas Award from the Hispanic Womens Network of Texas, Girl Scouts of Corpus Christi Hall
of Honor Award, University of Texas at Austin Distinguished Young Engineer Award, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Presidents Award,
Philanthropist of the Year from the Nueces County Democratic Party, and the Y Women in Careers Award for Law.
David Engel
Term: 2014-2017
Commissioner
City of Corpus Christi Appointee
David P. Engel is a Southern Methodist University graduate with a Bachelors in Business Administration and a graduate of
the Harvard University Owner President Master Program. He is the principal of Engel and Associates, LLC, has 40 years of
experience in all areas of business management including; operations, acquisitions, divestitures, and financial performance
improvement. Prior to forming his management consulting practice, David was President of Airgas Southwest, Inc., with
branches in the states of Texas, New Mexico and Northern Mexico. Airgas Southwest, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG), which is the largest distributor of welding supplies and packaged gases in the United States. Engel
currently serves on the board of the Susser Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SUSS) and Susser Petroleum Partners (NYSE SUSP),
The Fordyce Company, and he is part of the Advisory board for Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. Engel is a past Chairman of the
Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Commission, the CHRISTUS Spohn Health System and the Lexington Museum.
Richard Ralph Valls, Jr.
Term: 2016-2019
Commissioner
City of Corpus Christi Appointee
Richard Ralph Valls Jr., was born in Laredo, Texas. He is a graduate from St Marys University with a BBA Degree.
Richard Ralph Valls Jr., is the third generation Valls family member to be involved in International Trade and became
a licensed U.S. Customs Broker in 1989. He is the Owner/Vice President of Valls International, Inc., Advisor/Partner
of Valls Ship Agencies, Inc., and Advisor/Partner of Valls Holdings, Ltd. Valls is active in civic and professional affairs
currently serving as member of the Executive Board for Driscoll Childrens Hospital Foundation Board, the Board of
Directors of Foster Angels of South Texas and the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center.
Richard Bowers
Term: 1990-1998, 2015-2018
Commissioner
Nueces County Appointee
Richard Lee Bowers received a B.A from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and an R.O.T.C. Commission in the United
States Army Reserve shortly after. Branch assignment was Army Intelligence and he served a tour in Vietnam, after which he was
Honorably Discharged with the rank of Captain, USAR. After his tour, Mr. Bowers became an Analyst with the Defense Intelligence
Agency, and joined the staff of the American Embassy in Singapore where he monitored Soviet Bloc Shipping to North Vietnam.
Later, Richard Bowers joined the Benilite Corporation as Southeast Asia Representative, successfully promoting the sale of a
titanium ore plant. At Benelite, Mr. Bowers was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Sales before relocating to Corpus Christi,
where he eventually became Manager, and then President of Hitox Corporation, a Benilite spin-off company. Mr. Bowers served as a
Commissioner for The Port of Corpus Christi Authority in the 1990s. Through development and purchases in the global manufacturing
and processing sector, he successfully took Hitox Corporation public. After several years he resigned from Hitox Corporation, and
started Filler Minerals Modifiers Co. After his eight-year service as a Port Corpus Christi Commissioner, He rejoined Hitox Corporation
(TOR Minerals), and retired several years later. In retirement, he formed Texas American Minerals to prospect in Central and South
America. Mr. Bowers is married to Connie Ellen Bowers together they have one daughter, Courtney Elizabeth Bowers De Hoyos.
Wes Hoskins
Term: 2016-2019
Commissioner
San Patricio County Appointee
W. Wes Hoskins professional experience includes, Chairman of the Board for Coastal Bend Bancshares; President & CEO of First
Community Bank; Director of First Community Bank; President of WBH, Inc. Commercial Real Estate Holdings Co.; and Auctioneer
with Buddy and Wesley Hoskins Auctioneers. Civic and professional leadership roles include, Federal Reserve of San Antonio Advisory
Board; Federal Home Loan Bank Dallas Board of Directors; American Bankers Association PAC Committee Chairman, Regulatory Task
Force Committee, and Financial Education and Advocacy Initiative Committee; Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Board
of Directors, and numerous committees; Texas Bankers Association Chairman, Board of Directors, and Texas Legislative Lobby; Corpus
Christi Downtown Management District Board of Directors; and Gregory Portland Independent School District Trustee and Secretary/
Treasurer. Commissioner Hoskins is a participant of numerous charitable organizations and events including, American Cancer Society
Cattle Barons; South Texas Childrens Heart Institute; Driscoll Foundation/Fiesta de Los Nios; Navy League; Alice Chamber of Commerce;
Gregory-Portland Booster Club Past Vice President and Trustee; City of Portland Traffic Advisory Committee; First United Methodist Church
Portland Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair, Staff Parish Committee Chair; and the Alice, Texas Airport Advisory Committee. Wesley
Hoskins is a graduate of Southwest Texas University with a Bachelor of Education in Communications and a Political Science Minor.

FUELING
GOOD
Congratulations to the
Port of Corpus Christi
Authority on 90 years
of operation. Here is
to the next 90 years of
fueling good in our
waterways.

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Global Industries Advance $40 Billion

in Investments at Port Corpus Christi
With its welcoming approach to business, outstanding multimodal links,
and proximity to shale energy, Port Corpus Christi has been chosen for global
investment more than any other North American seaport.
Current investments in diverse ventures at Port Corpus Christi total
more than $40 billion with capital coming from as near as Houston and San
Antonio and as far as Asia and Europe.
New industries are projected to bring in billions of dollars of additional
tax revenue for school districts, community colleges, counties, and
municipalities while adding significantly to Port Corpus Christis cargo
volumes not just in inbound and outbound product flows when facilities
are in full operation, but also with massive project cargo coming in for
construction. Thousands of well-paying constructions jobs are to be followed
by abundant full-time work.
Oil and gas remain a vital part of the mix at Port Corpus Christi, fueled
in part by the nearby Eagle Ford shale formation, but diversification has
become a watchword. As recently as 2011, refineries accounted for more
than half of Port Corpus Christi revenue, and by 2019 the share of port
revenue attributable to refineries is projected to remain significant, at about
27 percent, while new industries are anticipated to account for nearly half of
all revenues.
Largest of the industrial developments at Port Corpus Christi is that of
Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc., which, at the north end of the ports
La Quinta Channel in San Patricio County, is constructing a $20 billion
liquefaction
facility to
convert North
American
natural gas
to LNG for
export. The
facility ties into
a far-reaching
pipeline
network.
The $14.5
billion first
stage, to be
operational
in 2019, alone
is the largest
single privately financed construction project in Texas, and, when all five
trains are completed, the Cheniere endeavor is expected to represent the
biggest such undertaking ever in the United States.
Cheniere executives anticipate the project to employ more than 4,000
construction workers when building reaches its peak and that it will
account for as many as 50,000 direct and indirect full-time jobs when fully
operational, moving 22 million tons of LNG via as many as 400 ship calls per
year
Like those from other big corporations from throughout the world
officials of Cheniere point to the receptiveness of the port and community as
a whole as a key factor in the decision to locate at Port Corpus Christi. They
also cite partnerships with a full spectrum of government agencies and the
education and training sector, in particular Del Mar College and multiple
independent school districts.
Meanwhile, the first phase of the more than $1 billion seamless stainless
steel pipe plant of TPCO America Corp. has entered production, with the
second phase slated to come online by late this year. TPCO America is a unit
of China-based Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corp., the worlds largest manufacturer of
seamless steel pipe, selling product to more than 100 countries.
TPCOs 1.6 million-square-foot plant, adjoining the ports La Quinta
property, is expected at full production to employ as many as 800 workers,
producing about 500,000 metric tons of casing for oil wells. The plant is
designed to take pig iron and scrap metal that arrives by ship and rail and
process that material into the seamless pipe, much of which is destined for
export from Port Corpus Christi.
State training grants are helping develop the TPCO workforce through
Del Mar College and the Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend.
Another big international player coming on the Port Corpus Christi scene
is M&G Resins, a unit of Luxembourg-based M&G Chemicals, which is part of
Italy-based Mossi Ghisolfi Group.

TPCO early 2016

M&G is investing $880 million in what is to be the worlds largest

ntegrated plant for production of purified terepthalic acid, or PTA, and
polyethylene terephthalate, or PET resin products used in making of soft
drink bottles and in numerous other applications.
Even before scheduled opening in the second half of 2016, M&G officials
announced plans to expand the annual production capacities of its facility
on the Inner Harbor of Port Corpus Christi to at least 1.1 million metric
tons of PET and 1.3 million metric tons of PTA. The planned increase comes
in response to securing of market commitments even before production
begins. M&G also is building a desalination plant.
M&G officials note the availability of deepwater port facilities and
competitive rail services and the proximity of natural resources such as LNG
for energy, as well as hydrocarbon products from local refineries that are
used in manufacture of PTA. They also cite solid relationships with Del Mar
College, the Craft Training Center of the Coastal Bend and Nueces Countys
Tuloso-Midway Independent School District, which are helping train many of
the 250 employees to work at the M&G plant.
As 2015 came
to a close, an
Austria-based
firm, voestalpine
AG, through
its voestalpine
Texas LLC unit,
was completing
construction of an
$800 million plant
for making hotbriquetted iron, or
HBI, at a 475-acre
La Quinta site just
west of Chenieres Voestalpine Texas dock on the La Quinta Channel July 2016
location.
The plant is to use natural gas in its leading-edge environmentally
friendly process of making HBI from iron ore pellets to arrive by vessels
from international and domestic sources. HBI is to be shipped to Austria
and throughout the world from the plant at an annual pace of more than 2
million tons.
A feedstock for high-quality steel processing, HBI is used in making highend structures for products from automobiles, aircraft and spaceships to
wristwatches and razor blades.
With a construction workforce peaking at 2,300, the voestalpine plant
is looking to have about 170 full-time workers aboard, with many being
hired locally via partnerships with Del Mar College and the Texas Workforce
Commission.
San Antonio-based NuStar Energy LP is one of several Texas firms
expanding its Port Corpus Christi presence. Having completed its Dock
16 project on the north side of the ports Inner Harbor in 2014 and added
400,000 additional barrels of crude oil storage, bringing its total storage
capability beyond 2 million barrels, NuStar has recently executed a lease for a
new private dock, to be its fourth.
NuStar executives, citing a nearly $1 billion overall investment in the
companys Eagle Ford strategy, are quick to note that customers prefer the
Corpus Christi channel to that of Houston, due in part to the comparative
ease of getting in and out. For NuStar, short pipeline connections to
refineries of such longtime Port Corpus Christi players as Citgo Petroleum
Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. are another plus.

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Oxy Ingleside Energy Center LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based

Occidental Petroleum Corp., is completing a terminal and storage facility on
an 800-acre former U.S. Navy base site. When operational in late 2016, the
facility is to feature 2.8 million barrels of storage and be capable of loading
more than 200,000 barrels a day of crude oil and condensate, appreciably
adding to Port Corpus Christi cargo volume utilizing Permian Basin oil via the
Cactus Pipeline.
Meanwhile, Martin Midstream Partners LP has built 1 million barrels of
storage capacity and is advancing new dock infrastructure.
Others involved in energy-related projects include Stamford, Conn.based Castleton Commodities International LLC, which is in the development
phase for a condensate splitter and crude oil export terminal on the north
side of the ports ship channel.
Buckeye Partners LP, Plains Marketing LP, LyondellBasell Industries
N.V., Texas Lehigh Cement Co. LP, Superior Weighting Products LLC, Kirby
Inland Marine LP, Flint Hills Resources and Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd. also
are among the many major companies with longtime Port Corpus Christi
presences.
Critical to the ability of Port Corpus Christi to attract commercial interest,
now and in the future, are its business development relationships near and
far.
In the past couple of years, numerous memoranda of understanding
have been inked, including one with the City of Pharr, Texas, for promotion
of Northern Mexico cross-border opportunities, with the City of Laredo,

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to serve as the seaport for Laredo, as well as international agreements

with Colombias Palermo Port Society and Chinas Tianjin Commission of
Commerce.
The port regularly partners with the Corpus Christi Regional Economic
Development Corporation, and it joins Port San Antonio and Port Laredo in
collaborative marketing efforts through the South Texas Alliance for Regional
Trade, or START. Launched in 2012, START highlights business opportunities
in manufacturing, energy, aerospace, international trade, military and other
sectors, including encouraging use of South Texas logistics facilities as a
lower-cost alternative to the congested terminals of Houston.
Oxy Ingleside Energy Center LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based
Occidental Petroleum Corp., is completing a terminal and storage facility on
an 800-acre former U.S. Navy base site. When operational in late 2016, the
facility is to feature 2.8 million barrels of storage and be capable of loading
more than 200,000 barrels a day of crude oil and condensate, appreciably
adding to Port Corpus Christi cargo volume utilizing Permian Basin oil via the
Cactus Pipeline.
Meanwhile, Martin Midstream Partners LP has built 1 million barrels of
storage capacity and is advancing new dock infrastructure.
Others involved in energy-related projects include Stamford, Conn.based Castleton Commodities International LLC, which is in the development
phase for a condensate splitter and crude oil export terminal on the north
side of the ports ship channel.

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Port Corpus Christi Investing

in Advances for Bright Future
As remarkable as the first 90 years of Port Corpus Christi have been,
the decades to come are anticipated to be even more impressive, with
billions of dollars of investments bringing an enhanced channel, a
taller harbor bridge, expanded rail capabilities, modernized terminal
facilities and other leading-edge advances.
Beyond Port Corpus Christis own 10-year, $1 billion capital
improvement program, hundreds of millions of federal dollars should
help the channel endeavor move forward while nearly $1 billion from
multiple sources are making the bridge replacement a reality.
And that doesnt count the more than $40 billion being privately
invested by companies from Texas to Asia to Europe in industrial
facilities at the port, resulting in additional well-paying jobs and tax
revenues.
The ports top priority is the deeper, wider ship channel, which
will provide better navigational safety and transportation efficiencies,
furnishing benefits estimated at more than $100 million a year. The
channel undertaking, pending federal appropriations, is expected to
get under way in 2017.
The project is designed to bring the channels authorized depth at
mean low tide from its present 45 feet to 52 feet twice the 26-footdepth it had when the port opened in 1926.

A liquid bulk carrier sails the Corpus Christi Ship Channel across Corpus Christi Bay. The
Channel Improvement Project will allow for a safer, more efficient flow of vessel traffic.

At the same time, the channel across Corpus Christi Bay is to be

widened from 400 feet to 530 feet, while the width of the channel
across Redfish Bay goes from 500 feet to 530 feet.
In addition, the channel project calls for development of a pair of
200-foot barge shelves across Corpus Christi Bay, facilitating better
separation of ship traffic from barge movements.
Of further note is the fact that the channel project will bring
about creation of 1,200 acres of beneficial use areas supporting
thriving shallow-water habitats for plant, fish and bird species. Indeed,
such habitats are in tune with Port Corpus Christis longstanding
sustainability commitment, embodied in the ports newly adopted
enhanced environmental policies encompassing clean air, water and
soils.
Meanwhile, work already has begun on replacement of the morethan-half-century-old Harbor Bridge with a world-class, 205-foothigh-clearance bridge that will afford many of the worlds largest
oceangoing vessels easy passage in and out of Port Corpus Christis
Inner Harbor.
At an Aug. 8 groundbreaking, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott commented,
As one of the largest bridge projects in Texas history, the Corpus
Christi Harbor Bridge will lead to an expansion in commerce,

Vessels sail towards the Gulf of Mexico on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.

ultimately creating more jobs and enhancing Texas standing as an

economic powerhouse.
Slated for completion in 2021, the bridge project is coming to
fruition thanks to state and federal monies, as well as funding from
Nueces County, San Patricio County and Port Corpus Christi.
Once the new bridge is completed, the old span is to be
demolished, while removal of foundation and fendering systems for
the obsolete Tule Lake lift bridge will widen the navigable channel
accessing upper reaches of the Inner Harbor to 400 feet from 200 feet.
Also on the navigation channel front, the recently completed
deepening to 45 feet of the channel extension to Port Corpus
Christis La Quinta site in San Patricio County is furnishing excellent
water access for several major private industry projects at La Quinta,
including the $20 billion natural gas liquefaction facility being built
by Texas own Cheniere Energy and the $800 million hot-briquetted
iron plant being completed by a unit of Austria-based voestalpine
AG. A state highway project bodes to bring La Quinta better roadway
access.
Next to La Quinta is the more than $1 billion seamless stainless
steel pipe plant of a subsidiary of China-based Tianjin Pipe (Group)
Corp., while an $880 million investment by a unit of Luxembourgbased M&G Chemicals is bringing a pioneering resin production
facility to the Inner Harbor.
Furthermore, Port Corpus Christis plans look to include
construction of a long-envisioned multipurpose cargo dock facility at
La Quinta.
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NuStar Energy LP is among Texas firms privately investing in expanded

dock facilities at the port, and Port Corpus Christi has additional berthing
projects in its future as well, including a new bulk dock being eyed as part of
bulk terminal modernization.
The ports bulk terminal, as
well as the ADM Growmark grain
elevator on the north side of the
Inner Harbor, are among facilities
that are being supported by the
recently completed $17.8 million
first phase of the Nueces River Rail
Yard, backed by a federal grant
and funding partners including
Class I railroads Union Pacific, BNSF
and Kansas City Southern plus
short line Corpus Christi Terminal
TPCO with La Quinta Channel, La Quinta
Railroad.
Terminal, and Corpus Christi Bay visible in the
background.
The rail facilitys first phase
already is the largest of its kind
on the Gulf Coast, offering an interchange yard of four parallel tracks with
combined length of 15,400 feet and ability to form 150-car unit trains. A
second phase, on target for completion by mid-2017, is to result in a total of
eight unit train sidings, each averaging 8,500 feet in length.

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La Quinta Channel connects to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel bringing deep water
access to La Quinta Terminal and several industries.

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Port Corpus Christi leads

with clean air, water, land
Recognized worldwide for its environmental
excellence, Port Corpus Christi has met ISO 14001
certification standards for eight straight years and
as 2016 began was busy meeting or exceeding
stricter new requirements.
Unlike the case with most U.S. port cities, the
Corpus Christi region has been in attainment
of federal clean-air standards for more than a
decade, which not only means good quality air for
breathing by residents and tourists alike but also
makes it easier for industry to obtain permits and
stay in compliance.

The port engages in a broad-reaching

recycling program; saves more than 1 million
gallons a year of water consumption; keeps
roadways clear of refuse and self-sustaining native
landscaping thriving through its Growing Green
Initiative; and obtains 10 percent of its electricity
from green energy sources.
In late 2015, the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation
bestowed a conservation and environmental
stewardship award upon Port Corpus Christi for
its proactive efforts to control dust emissions and
storm water runoff from bulk material handling
and storage operations.
And Port Corpus Christi isnt keeping its vast
stewardship knowledge to itself, as it annually
hosts the Gulf Ports Environmental Summit.
What is an Environmental Management
System?
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is
a framework that helps an organization achieve its

Eric Battersby, PCC Bulk Terminal Mgr, accepts award of recognition

from the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program.

Indeed, guided by a portwide environmental

enhancement strategy and accredited
environmental management system, Port Corpus
Christi concentrates on driving regulations not
the other way around.
Port Corpus Christi officials also assist tenants
on the environmental front in addition to making
green practices for air, water and land a priority in
all port undertakings.

PCC is building a culture of safety with employees. Employees at

a June 2016 Safety Luncheon, and safety recognition ceremony.

PCC Environmental Planning and Compliance staff members

comb the shores of the Nueces River looking for litter and
debris with a group of visiting boy scouts.

environmental goals through consistent review,

evaluation, and improvement of its environmental
performance. The EMS helps the Port address
regulatory requirements and compliance
obligations in a systematic and cost-effective
manner. The EMS also helps reduce the risk of
non-compliance and can improve the health and
safety practices for employees, port users, and the
general public.
The Ports Environmental Policy
The foundation of the EMS is an environmental
policy. The Port Commissioners recently
approved a revised environmental policy
which identified five key precepts that will be
considered when evaluating new developments
and operations. The five key precepts include
air quality, water quality, soils and sediments,
wildlife habitat, and environmental sustainability.
The Ports environmental stewardship efforts
focus on improvements and proactive measures
related to these precepts.

Port Police & Security Monitor for a Safe Commercial Community

The Port Police & Security Department strive to provide the maritime
commerce community with security and law enforcement services that are
focused on stopping or limiting the effects of terrorism. The department
provides a layered security structure that involves, among other things:
extensive intelligent video
analytics & surveillance, physical
security barrier systems,
sophisticated and interoperable
radio communications systems
and a TWIC- based access control
system.
The Security Department
has
made
strides in advancing
Port Police Marine Unit patrolling the Inner Harbor

security by establishing strict access control measures, conducting

patrols, investigating suspicious activity and increasing awareness among
employees and tenants which enhance the ability to protect property, lives,
and livelihoods for the community. Sworn law enforcement and unsworn
security officers and surveillance
analysts and dispatchers enjoy
a very strong partnership with
all local, state, and federal
law enforcement partners,
thus affording the Port area a
formidable Homeland Security
support structure both on land
Port PD Officers offer a salute and moment of silence
and water.
for a slain Harris County Sherriffs Office Deputy.

Port Safety
Enhances Efficiency
Industry-leading initiatives focusing on
safety and wellness are bringing about
enhanced productivity, health, and morale
at Port Corpus Christi while reducing
hazards and stress as well as related costs.
Port Corpus Christis safety manual
provides policies, practices, and
procedures that are proving beneficial to the
more than 200 port employees, and an updated
port tariff extends such gains to include tenants,
customers, and essentially anyone doing business
on port property.
With an emphasis upon training and education
the safety program has resulted in more
than 90 percent of port employees being
trained in CPR and defibrillator procedures
and has instituted observation, reporting,
tracking, and trending that have
significantly reduced potential for injuries.
From requirements for wearing of
personal protective equipment to a
policy banning simultaneous walking
and text-messaging, the comprehensive
safety plan is yielding such results as a
fewer number of work-related incidents
and lower absenteeism and employee turnover.

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Ship & Barge Activity

Dry
Tankers
Barges
Total

2006
942
1,019
4,672
6,633

2007
1,077
1,057
4,610
6,744

2008
730
1,021
4,271
6,022

2009
339
973
3,839
5,151

2010
416
992
4,361
5,769

2011
430
965
4,018
5,413

2012
379
941
4,764
6,084

2013
376
1,088
5,408
6,872

2014
409
1,190
6,929
8,528

2015
416
1,356
5,788
7,560

Tonnage
Break Bulk
Bulk Grain
Chemical
Dry Bulk
Liquid Bulk
Petroleum
Total

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

256,697

445,203

552,590

317,993

339,259

306,631

390,966

327,199

270,677

2015
404,796

2,031,610

2,031,610

5,423,867

3,951,347

4,113,277

4,214,821

2,578,847

2,984,208

4,070,315

3,396,829

1,569,993

1,848,874

1,630,018

1,410,028

1,468,243

1,743,708

1,743,708

1,966,012

2,205,422

1,957,974

7,700,130

8,241,554

7,891,342

6,443,658

6,866,446

8,692,368

7,939,684

8,700,428

9,163,338

8,286,375

248,355

513,036

301,007

131,100

506,211

533,543

554,336

475,785

493,850

580,055

75,176,049

74,893,639

70,060,614

64,265,522

68,900,861

64,819,146

65,376,343

74,260,467

84,384,412

88,848,467

86,982,834

89,319,692

85,859,438

76,519,648

82,194,297

80,310,217

78,806,188

88,699,849

100,588,014

103,474,496

Inner Harbor Northside laydown areas

Editors note: Articles were pulled from the Port
Corpus Christi 2016 Directory.

2015 Top 10 Commodities

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total

Inbound
Crude Oil
Fuel Oil
Gas Oil
Bauxite
Feedstock
Aggregate
Naphtha
Reformate
Benzene
Fertilizer

Tons

15,761,584
4,637,798
4,246,925
3,244,344
2,581,068
1,672,308
1,072,998
708,888
599,896
439,804

34,965,613

Outbound
Crude Oil
Gasoline
Diesel
Sorghum
Feedstock
Condensate
Gas Oil
Fuel Oil
Cumene
Naphtha

Tons

29,714,938
6,066,359
4,531,766
2,652,955
2,588,666
2,045,939
1,844,819
1,653,480
1,336,286
1,334,888

53,770,096

Sunrise over Corpus Christi bay from the Inner Harbor

The THEO T departs the Inner Harbor at PCC on New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 2015, carrying the first US export load of crude oil since the lift of a forty year embargo.

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