b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(DEMANDScontinuedvenient access to the nearby from page 9) SpaceX launch site, facilitat-minalprimarilyservestheing shipping and receiving of energybusiness,butwithaspace industry components.slanttowardrenewables.InAs plans proceed toward 2021,morethan50cargodeepening of the Brazos Island vessels carrying wind turbineHarborChannelto52feet componentscalledonthefromthepresent42feet, terminal.Workiscurrentlytheportismovingforward underwaytoincreasethewithconstructionandreha-effectivelengthofthemainbilitation of docks and other cargodocktoaccommodateinfrastructureenhancements, 700-foot-longvesselswithincludingdevelopmentof drafts of as many as 35 feet.capabilitiestomaximizeeffi-With the demise of renewablecient loading of open-top gon-energy tax credits at the end ofdola railcars with steel slabs 2021, the current year is prov- destinedfortherecently ing to be a challenging one forexpandedTerniummillin renewableenergycomponentPesquera, Nuevo Len.imports,andAransasTermi- SunocoLPiscomplet-nalisactivelydiversifyingingdevelopmentofa$55 itscargoserviceofferings,tomillion refined products ter-include other breakbulk cargosminal at the Port of Browns-and niche bulk markets. ville.Thatfacility,with On the oil and gas side,560,000barrelsofstorage 2021wasarecordyearforcapacity, is designed to serve offshoreservicevessels,orSouthTexasfueldistribu-OSVs,berthingatAransastiondemandsandfacilitate Terminal.Dock2isbeingSunoco sales into Mexico. A tanker vessel enters the Port of Corpus Christi, which is being marketed as The Energy Port of the Americas.renovatedandupgradedfor furtherserviceasanOSV shore base.P ort ofC orPusC hristiMarketedasTheEnergy Port of the Americas, the Port of Corpus Christi is the leading U.S. export gateway for crude oil and ranks No. 2 in liquefied naturalgasexports.Theport is home to extensive facilities for such exports and has three majorrefineriesinitsregion. The ports service area extends totheMexicanmarket,two hours to the south.Separate efforts continue to advance to deliver a higher-clearance Harbor Bridge over the Inner Harbor entrance to the port by 2024 and, by late 2023,tomaketheCorpus ChristiShipChannelthe deepestat54feetand widest ship channel along the entire U.S. Gulf.The port also is advanc-ingmultipleprojectsto enhanceon-portinfrastruc-tureandestablishitselfas apremierhubforhydrogen productionandcarboncap-ture,utilizationandstorage, or CCUS. Bulk Dock 1 now features a new Liebherr 550 LPS rail-mounted crane, sup-portingdischargeofbarite,CHANGECHANNELpigiron,metallurgiccoal,YOURaggregate and other dry bulk commodities,whileopen storagecapacityandrailMove cargo more efficiently. Scale operations for future growth.infrastructure have been aug-mented attheportsRinconBig changes are happening here. Freeport Harbor Channelalready the shortest on the Texas Industrial Park. Gulfwill soon be the deepest channel in the state. Larger vessels will be moving through our P ort ofB rownsville port than ever before and well be ready for them with new berths and modern cranes. Best of all, The Port of Brownsvillewe have over 500 acres of adjacent land ready for development.continuestobuilduponits position as a critical connec-tion with Mexico, which liesSee the big picture. Its time to change your channel.just to its south. In March, the port celebrated completion of the 1.9-mile-long South Port ConnectorRoad,directly linkinginternalportroad- Visit our website or schedule a tour today.wayswithTexasHighway 4andeventuallyofferinga directroutetocommercial1.800.362.5743traffic lanes on the VeteransPortFreeport.comInternationalBridge.The new road also provides con-'