Beaumont Port (port code: USBEA / USBPT) is the busiest port in the world for both import and export of military cargo. It is situated on the Neches River in Southeast Texas, about 70 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
The port has 8 terminals, 11 berths and 574,710 square feet of covered storage. It provides facilities for handling break bulk, containers, liquid and dry bulk. It handles approximately 3 million tons of cargo annually. The main cargo handled include general and container cargoes, liquid and dry bulk, including forest products and grain, project cargo, military sealift, bagged goods, aggregates and metals.
The types of vessels regularly calling at this port are tankers, accounting for about 53%; bulk carriers, taking up around 10%; and general cargo vessels, taking up around 9%. The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 290 meters. The maximum draught is 12.2 meters. The maximum deadweight is 115,502t.
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