The Port of Bayport is a publicly owned maritime facility that features two cruise ship terminals and nine cargo berths. The cruise ship terminals located on the northeast corner of Bayport are home to SunShine Cruise Lines with three vessels home ported there. The terminals accommodated more than 300,000 passengers last year. The cargo berths on the north side of Bayport handle a variety of cargoes, including containerized, general cargo, bulk, petroleum, and automobiles. At least once each week, hazardous cargoes are handled at the berths. Last year, more than 15 million tons of cargo passed through the port. Port of Bayport does have a Quarantine area/facility located adjacent to the General Cargo handling area. The cargo berths and cruise ship terminals are leased by the Port of Bayport to the companies that operate them. The following tables show normal port operations. Surges in port activity occur infrequently.

Company

Arrival

Departure

Cargo

Number of Vessels

BBC AustraliaWed – a.m.Tue – p.m.Petroleum1 per week
Carolina ShippingMon – p.m.Mon – p.m.Vehicles1 per week
China ShippingTue, Fri – a.m.Wed, Mon – p.m.General Cargo2 per week
EvergreenTue – Thurs – a.m.Wed – Fri – p.m.Bulk2 per week
HamburgSat – a.m.Thurs – p.m.General Cargo1 per week
HanjinMon, Thurs – p.m.Tue, Fri – a.m.General Cargo2 per week
Maersk SealandMon, Wed, Fri – a.m.Tue, Thurs, Sat – a.m.Containers3 per week
MediterraneanThurs – p.m.Tue – a.m.Bulk1 per week
Norton LillyWed, Thurs – p.m.Wed, Fri – p.m.Containers2 per week
WalleniusWed – a.m.Wed – a.m.Vehicles1 per week
Yang MingTue – p.m.Fri – a.m.General Cargo1 per week
Yang MingMon, Thurs – p.m.Wed, Sat – a.m.Petroleum2 per week

Note: BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation

Table L.16. Port Operations for Companies Using the Cargo Berths

Company

Arrival

Departure

Cargo

Number of Vessels

Belize Sun Fri – p.m.Mon – a.m. Tue, Passengers1 per week
Caribbean SunThurs, Sun – p.m.Fri – a.m.Passengers2 per week
Sun PrincessFri – p.m.Fri – a.m.Passengers1 per week

Table L.17. Port Operations for SunShine Cruise Lines

Note: CSU = Columbia State University, LNG = Liquefied Natural Gas, NPS = National Park Service, SS = Substation, USCG = United States Coast Guard
Example map of fictitious Buffets Landing (Unincorporated), City of Bayport showing locations of the refinery, fire stations, police station, schools, ports of entry, railroads, hospitals, parks, and piers.
Figure L.7. Buffets Landing (Unincorporated), City of Bayport Map
An aerial diagram of the Port of Bayport. The diagram is showing the location of: Containers; General Cargo; Automobiles; Petroleum; and Bulk.
Figure L.8. Port of Bayport Diagram
 

Masland Island LNG Terminal is one of the most important LNG importation terminals on the East Coast. It is located on a 55-acre site on the north side of Masland Island just west of the I-107 bridge. A typical vessel unloading is accomplished in 12 hours.

Three LNG storage tanks, each 196 feet (60 meters) in diameter and 163 feet (50 meters) tall, and a fourth storage tank at 232 feet (71 meters) in diameter and 205 feet (62 meters) tall are the most prominent physical features of the facility. They were specially designed and constructed to store LNG at cryogenic temperatures for sustained periods.

The tanks have a combined capacity of approximately 2.7 million barrels (425,000 cubic meters) of LNG or approximately 9.0 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas.

When operating at peak capacity, the terminal can re-gasify LNG and send out natural gas at a maximum rate of 2.1 bcf per day and has a firm, sustained capability of 1.8 bcf per day or 13.7 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa).

The Masland Island terminal is designed to stringent standards:

  • Tanks can withstand wind speeds up to 150 miles per hour (mph) (67 meters per second).
  • In addition, tanks are rated for earthquake zone 1.
  • Terminal elevation is above the 100-year flood plain and hurricane tidal surge.

Description

Capacity

Number of Storage Tanks4
Capacity Per Tank3 @ 600,000 barrel (bbl) (95,000 cubic meters)
1 @ 880,000 bbl (140,000 cubic meters)
Number of Vaporizers14

Table L.18. Facility Summary

The storage tanks are double-walled and double-bottomed with a suspended internal aluminum roof plate covered by a carbon steel dome.

The inner tanks are nine percent nickel steel and of welded construction. The outer tanks are constructed of welded carbon steel. The three original tanks are each supported by 974 pre-stressed, 14-inch by 14-inch by 75-foot piles which were driven 72 feet below grade to support the 21-inch thick concrete pile cap on which each tank rests. The new fourth tank is supported by 1,100 pre-stressed, 14-inch by 14-inch by 72-foot piles which were driven 70 feet below grade to support the 21-inch thick concrete pile cap on which it rests.

Highly efficient insulation fills the void between the inner and outer tanks and covers the inner roof plate.

The tanks maintain LNG in a liquid state by auto-refrigeration of the boil-off. Boil-off gas can be used for plant fuel, recombined with LNG before it is vaporized, or sent directly to send-out. Each tank has three submerged pumps of which two are required to meet maximum LNG send- out capacity.

Example map of fictitious Masland Island LNG Terminal. The example map is showing the location of Piers; 600,000 and 880,000 Storage Tanks; Vaporizers; LNG Terminal; and the Atlantic Ocean.
Figure L.9. LNG Terminal Map
 
 
An image of the Masland Island LNG Facility.
Figure L.10. Masland Island LNG Facility