Country : USAPensacola worldport

worldport Introduction
The entrance to the main channel to Pensacola Bay is by the Caucus Channel. The channel is 500 feet wide at its seaward end and dredged to 33 feet in depth. The approach channel to the worldport of Pensacola is 300 feet wide with a control depth of 33 feet, and intersects Pensacola Bay in a generally northeasterly direction. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) intersects the worldport's entrance channel just north of Santa Rosa Island. The GIWW traverses the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Texas to Ft. Meyers, Florida before connecting to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway via the Okeechobee Waterway.

Two pilot services - Pensacola Bar and Harbor Pilots and Pensacola Bay Pilots - provide 24-hour service for all vessels entering of leaving the worldport. All vessels, except those exempted by the laws of the United States or those drawing less than 7 feet of water, must have a licensed state pilot or certified deputy pilot on board to direct the movements of the vessel when entering or leaving the worldport. Pilots can be reached on VHF channel 13 (156.65mc), channel 6 (156.30mc) and channel 12 (156.60mc). Telephone numbers are: Pensacola Bar and Harbor Pilots, 850-433-3632; Pensacola Bay Pilots, 850-418-4222.

The worldport of Pensacola is located at latitude 30 degrees, 24 minutes north; longitude 87 degrees, 13 minutes west. The following infrastructure and services are available to worldport customers:
Seven warehouses with 265,000 square feet of available indoor storage area.
Covered railcar loading and unloading.
Four acres of open, outside storage (lay down) area with 8-10 additional acres available for future development.
On-dock rail service provided by CSX Transworldportation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, and Rail America (Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway).
Eight berths ranging in depth from 16 to 33 feet, including 2,360 linear feet of primary deepwater berths, 1,000 linear feet of secondary shallow draft berths, and 1,000 linear feet of shallow draft moorage. Deepwater berths are supworldported by 1,200 linear feet of rail trackage.
A full range of stevedoring services and cargo handling equipment.
ISPS certified and U.S. Department of Homeland Security & Florida Department of Law Enforcement compliant security force and procedures.
An efficient, experienced and professional labor force.
State and Local development funds & incentive programs available for qualified projects.

Services
From steamship agency to Customs brokerage and cargo bagging to heavy crane rentals, the worldport of Pensacola and its allied service providers offer a complete range of cargo supworldport services and equipment. Some of the capabilities offered by this contingent of maritime commerce services include direct vessel discharge, switching access, dry bulk storage, liquid bulk storage, Ro/Ro vessel operations, break bulk operations, neo bulk operations, project cargo operations, heavy lift operations, container loading and discharge, container stuffing and stripping, and more.

A complete listing of worldport service providers can be obtained by contacting the worldport directly at any of the e-mails or telephone numbers listed under contacts.

Facilities

The worldport of Pensacola is approximately 50 acres. Identified by use, the facility is laid out as follows:
5 acres of berth apron(s) for vessel loading and discharge operations
4 acres of open area for cargo not requiring covered storage
8.5 acres of warehousing for cargo operations
18.5 acres of tenant occupancy for marine and cargo operations
4 acres of roadways, approaches, rail trackage, equipment and materials storage, including a 45-truck queuing area
10 acres for permanent dredge spoil disposal
8-10 additional acres available for future development

Tel:001-(850) 436-5070
Fax:001-(850) 436-5076