Port of Catoosa shipping up in July
By ROBERT EVATT World Business Writer on Aug 15, 2013, at 10:14 AM
Manufacturing
In just 12 years, natural gas plant builder Thomas Russell Co. grew from a Tulsa startup to a $750 million company.
Verallia North America's glass plant in Sapulpa is shutting down one furnace for the rest of the year because of slack demand.
A boost in shipping totals at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa in July made it the second-busiest month of the year.
Cargo moving inbound and outbound through the port that month totaled 275,798 tons, greater than every month except January, which had 307,997 tons.
The yearly total for shipping now stands at nearly 1.7 million tons.
The July total was boosted by a substantial increase of inbound shipments of steel, with nearly twenty thousand tons arriving on 14 barges.
Outbound shipments were lead by wheat, which set a record this year with more than 127,000 tons of wheat moving on 81 barges.
The number of workers at the port grew significantly in the last quarter, with a survey showing total employment grew from 3,733 to 3,923.
David Page, chairman of the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority, said July was a prime example of the flexibility of the port and the diversity of the cargo moving through it.
“The wide variety of products shipped through this transportation hub lead, each month, to a different yet interesting story, depending on the season and the economy,” he said.
The total amount of cargo moving through the The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in July was 1,114,814 tons, with Oklahoma’s share at 587,280 tons. Of that, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa had 47 percent flow through it.
Manufacturing
In just 12 years, natural gas plant builder Thomas Russell Co. grew from a Tulsa startup to a $750 million company.
Verallia North America's glass plant in Sapulpa is shutting down one furnace for the rest of the year because of slack demand.
