# Port of Cleveland

The Port of Cleveland is a bulk freight and container shipping port at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the third-largest port in the Great Lakes and the fourth-largest Great Lakes port by annual tonnage. Over 20,000 jobs and $3.5 billion in annual economic activity are tied to the roughly 13 million tons of cargo that move through Cleveland Harbor each year.
The Port of Cleveland is the only container port on the Great Lakes, with bi-weekly service between Cleveland and Antwerp on a service called the Cleveland-Europe Express.

## Cargo

The Port of Cleveland handles the bulk of raw material shipments for regional manufacturing, as well as exporting some local resources (salt mined from under Lake Erie, materials quarried locally, Ohio farm surpluses).

### Primary Cargoes

* Inbound: Steel, heavy machinery, iron ore, limestone, liquid/dry bulk items, and shipping containers
* Outbound: Steel, iron ore, limestone, cement, salt, power generators, wind turbines, capital equipment, and heavy machinery

### Overall Annual Tonnage

* Generating $3.5 billion per year in trade.
* Annual cargo handling averages between 11 million to 16 million tons
* Dry Bulk (loose materials such as limestone, iron ore and grain): 12 million tons
* Break Bulk (packaged materials): 500,000 tons
* about 1,000 vessel visits,
Tonnage for Port of Cleveland :
| Year | U.S. Rank | Total Tons | Domestic Tons | Foreign Total Tons | Foreign Imports Tons | Foreign Exports Tons |
| 2006 | 44 | 15,186,819 | 11,467,131 | 3,719,688 | 3,598,998 | 120,690 |
| 2005 | 47 | 13,640,966 | 10,225,360 | 3,415,606 | 3,137,262 | 278,344 |
| 2004 | 44 | 15,774,611 | 11,855,282 | 3,919,329 | 3,567,866 | 351,463 |
| 2003 | 47 | 12,620,794 | 9,508,542 | 3,112,252 | 2,708,093 | 404,159 |
| 2002 | 48 | 11,411,765 | 9,083,965 | 2,327,800 | 2,270,800 | 57,000 |
| 2001 | 48 | 11,937,815 | 9,203,587 | 2,734,228 | 2,430,028 | 304,200 |
| 2000 | 44 | 14,390,802 | 11,914,437 | 2,476,365 | 2,262,104 | 214,261 |
Break- and Dry- Bulk Tonnage for Port of Cleveland :
| Year | Dry Bulk short Tons | Break Bulk short Tons |
| 2000 | 1,028,500 | 949,552 |
| 1999 | 934,306 | 721,369 |
| 1998 | 1,239,551 | 1,182,792 |
| 1997 | 1,521,729 | 1,045,377 |
| 1996 | 1,809,000 | 1,158,056 |
| 1995 | 1,531,985 | 779,314 |
| 1994 | 1,899,989 | 869,669 |
| 1993 | 2,069,184 | 764,743 |
| 1992 | 2,700,842 | 435,286 |
| 1991 | 2,852,675 | 913,670 |
| 1990 | 3,038,535 | 773,922 |

## Connections
### Rail

Connections to: (2) Class I railroads:
* CSX Transportation
* Norfolk Southern Railway
and several regional/short-line railroads:
* Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway
* Cleveland Works Railway
* Cuyahoga Valley Railway
* Flats Industrial Railroad
* ISG Railways
* Newburgh and South Shore Railroad
* R. J. Corman Railroad Cleveland Line
* Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway

### Truck

Port has truck access to four major Interstate highways:
* I-71, South to: Strongsville, Seville, Columbus and Cincinnati
* I-77, South to: Akron, Canton, Richfield, Cambridge, Marietta; Beckley, West Virginia and Columbia, South Carolina
* I-80/Ohio Turnpike,
   * East to: Streetsboro, Youngstown; and Pennsylvania Turnpike
   * West to: North Ridgeville, Lorain, Toledo; and Indiana Toll Road
* I-90,
   * East to: Euclid, Ohio, Willoughby; Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York
   * West to: Westlake, Elyria, Toledo; and South Bend, Indiana
as well as local bypasses/connectors:
* I-271, I-480, and I-490;
and Ohio State Routes, such as:
* Ohio State Route 2
   * East to: Euclid and Painesville
   * West to: Rocky River and Elyria

## Facilities

Eight international cargo berths and docks consist of 110 acres (0.45 km$^2$) of land alongside Lake Erie on the east side of the Cuyahoga River, while the Cleveland Bulk Terminal transshipment facility occupies 44 acres (0.18 km$^2$) just west of the river.

### Geography

The Port of Cleveland spans across the Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie and up the Cuyahoga River to the turning basin.
Port of Cleveland :
| Name | USGS GNIS Feature ID # and Link | Coordinates | Elevation |
| Cleveland Harbor | 1072326 | 41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W﻿ / ﻿41.51944°N 81.68861°W﻿ / 41.51944; -81.68861﻿ (Cleveland Harbor (Cuyahoga)) | 571 feet (174 m) |
| Cuyahoga River | 1072205 | 41°30′13″N 81°42′44″W﻿ / ﻿41.50361°N 81.71222°W﻿ / 41.50361; -81.71222﻿ (Port of Cleveland (Cuyahoga River/Lake Erie)) | 571 feet (174 m) |
| Turning Basin | 1047220 | 41°28′36″N 81°40′20″W﻿ / ﻿41.47667°N 81.67222°W﻿ / 41.47667; -81.67222﻿ (Turning Basin (Cuyahoga)) | 581 feet (177 m) |

### Maritime

Docks are maintained at a full Great Lakes seaway depth, which is 27 feet (8.2 m).

#### Operators

Four terminal operators use port facilities:
* Carmeuse NA
* Essroc (Italcementi)
* Kenmore Construction
* Federal Marine Terminals, Inc.

#### Cleveland Bulk Terminal

Cleveland Bulk Terminal (CBT), located at 5500 Whiskey Island Drive, on Whiskey Island, is port-owned but operated by Carmeuse NA which handles iron ore transfers. The lakefront facility can accommodate 1,000 feet (300 m) vessels used to discharge and reload rail cars. The automated CBT iron ore loader system on Whiskey Island on the west side of the Cuyahoga River loads materials onto boats from the terminal and transfers materials at a rate of 5,200 tons per hour. Limited handling of materials greatly improves the quality of pellets delivered to the mill. The ore loader operation benefits three Cleveland companies:
* Cleveland-Cliffs — supplier of iron ore pellets, uses iron ore pellets at its steel mills, and coke plants
* Carmeuse NA — CBT operator and materials transporter

#### Terminals

These facilities are:
* Nine berths and docks in either open dock or two-berth facilities
* Capacity for lifting up to 150 net tons
* Firect rail access and warehousing ability
* Over 6,500 feet (2,000 m) of linear dock space,
* 420,000 square feet (39,000 m$^2$) of warehouse space and
* 12 acres (0.049 km$^2$) of open storage for general cargo operations.
Port of Cleveland Terminals :
| Dock | Coordinates | Berth Length | Warehouse Storage | Facilities | Tenants |
| 20 | 41°30′6.91″N 81°42′35.70″W﻿ / ﻿41.5019194°N 81.7099167°W﻿ / 41.5019194; -81.7099167﻿ (Dock 20) | 1,200 feet (370 m) | | dry bulk, outside storage, cement | Essroc (Italcementi Group) and Kenmore Construction |
| 22 | 41°30′14.95″N 81°42′27.41″W﻿ / ﻿41.5041528°N 81.7076139°W﻿ / 41.5041528; -81.7076139﻿ (Dock 22) | 760 feet (230 m) | | | Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. |
| 24 | 24: 41°30′17.80″N 81°42′19.25″W﻿ / ﻿41.5049444°N 81.7053472°W﻿ / 41.5049444; -81.7053472﻿ (Dock 24-Warehouse) A: 41°30′12.01″N 81°42′13.80″W﻿ / ﻿41.5033361°N 81.7038333°W﻿ / 41.5033361; -81.7038333﻿ (Dock 24-Warehouse A) | 1,900 feet (580 m) | 24: 79,000 square feet (7,300 m$^2$) A: 144,000 square feet (13,400 m$^2$) | 30-ton overhead cranes | Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. |
| 26 | 41°30′22.44″N 81°42′14.39″W﻿ / ﻿41.5062333°N 81.7039972°W﻿ / 41.5062333; -81.7039972﻿ (Dock 26-Warehouse) | 1,677 feet (511 m) | 26: 76,000 square feet (7,100 m$^2$) | | Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. |
| 28 | 41°30′23.81″N 81°42′10.22″W﻿ / ﻿41.5066139°N 81.7028389°W﻿ / 41.5066139; -81.7028389﻿ (Dock 28-Buckeye Booster) | 1,243 feet (379 m) | | Buckeye Booster: heavy 150-ton capacity lift crane | Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. |
| 30 | 41°30′30.55″N 81°42′3.23″W﻿ / ﻿41.5084861°N 81.7008972°W﻿ / 41.5084861; -81.7008972﻿ (Dock 30-Warehouse) | 500 feet (150 m) | 54,000 square feet (5,000 m$^2$) | | Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. |
| 32 | 41°30′32.65″N 81°41′59.53″W﻿ / ﻿41.5090694°N 81.6998694°W﻿ / 41.5090694; -81.6998694﻿ (Dock 32-Warehouse) | | | | City of Cleveland, Ohio used for non-Maritime development including the new Lake Shore Electric Railway interurban museum (since 2006). |
| CBT | 41°29′50.24″N 81°43′16.73″W﻿ / ﻿41.4972889°N 81.7213139°W﻿ / 41.4972889; -81.7213139﻿ (Cleveland Bulk Terminal) | 1,850 feet (560 m) | | Outside storage: 46 acres (2,000,000 sq ft) | Carmeuse NA |
| Totals | | 9,130 feet (2,780 m) | 353,000 square feet (32,800 m$^2$) | | |

### Foreign Trade Zones

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Grantee #40, operates-owns several General Purpose Zone Foreign Trade Zones in Cuyahoga County, Ashtabula County and Lorain County.

#### Port of Cleveland

Port of Cleveland complex located on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River includes five general cargo facilities operated by port-approved stevedoring contractors.

#### Tow Path Valley Business Park

Tow Path Valley Business Park is located on both sides of the east and west bank of the Cuyahoga River bordered by Jennings Road on the south, Upper Campbell Road on the east, I-490/I-77/Dille Road on the north and West 14th Street to the west.