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. [E]
| Port of Cleveland | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie, Great Lakes |
| Coordinates | 41°31′10″N 81°41′19″W |
| UN/LOCODE | US CLE |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1825 |
| Owned by | Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority |
| Size | 144 sq mi (370 km2)[C] |
| Draft depth | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| CEO and President | William D. Friedman |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 959 (2006) |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 15,186,819 (2006) |
| Value of cargo | $1 billion |
| Website www | |
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.
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