Port of Cleveland

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, == Connections ==

Rail Connections to: (2) Class I railroads: • CSX Transportation • Norfolk Southern Railway and several regional/short-line railroads: • Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railway • ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company • 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 of land alongside Lake Erie on the east side of the Cuyahoga River, while the Cleveland Bulk Terminal transshipment facility occupies just west of the river. 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: 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. == See also ==