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Port of Houston Looks Ahead After 50th Anniversary
Houston's port has grown into a major inland and sea freight hub. The Port Authority completed a 19 million revenue financed expansion placing 28 docks in use with 18 private wharves for public hire, enabling berthing for over 50 merchant vessels and two more at bulk docks. The port, begun in 1907 after the Galveston flood, now handles vast foreign and domestic traffic, with 106 steamship lines and over 4,200 deep sea vessels visiting annually, supporting a diverse petroleum petrochemical steel pulp cement complex and substantial rail and truck connections.
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