Tulsa Port of Catoosa completes major dock renovation project

The inland river port’s reconstructed 720-foot dock is equipped with a 200-ton bridge crane and over 6,000 track feet of new rail.    The Tulsa Port of Catoosa said it formally dedicated its multi-million dock renovation project Tuesday.
   The Oklahoman port’s reconstructed 720-foot dock boasts a 200-ton bridge crane and over 6,000 track feet of new rail.
   Shippers are now able to load barges directly onto rail or truck, or efficiently transload between truck and rail.
   The Tulsa Port of Catoosa not only sees opportunity for handling breakbulk and project cargo, but said the new locks in the Panama Canal, scheduled to open next month, “will provide new opportunities for container cargo to be diverted to the Port of New Orleans and into the country’s interior via the inland waterway system.”
   A grant from the U.S Department of Transportation’s TIGER grant program partially funded the port’s dock renovation project.
   The Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located at the head of navigation for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Northeast Oklahoma.