Chemtrade Refinery Service, Inc. - Shreveport facility is located on LA Highway 1 on 130 company-owned acres.
Chemtrade offers acid regeneration capabilities to service the oil refining and chemical industries. Oil refineries use Chemtrade’s fresh and regenerated sulfuric acid in the process of making gasoline. Chemtrade receives spent acid from our refinery customers, regenerates it, and returns it for their use. Chemtrade also manufactures technical grade Sulfuric Acid and Sodium Bisulfite.
The plant was constructed in 1970 for Olin Corporation. The facility became Arch Chemicals in 1999 when Olin spun off a specialty chemicals division including plants in Shreveport and Lake Charles. In July 2003, the facility was purchased by Peak Sulfur, Inc. In August, 2005, Peak Sulfur was acquired by Chemtrade Logistics. Chemtrade’s headquarter is located in Toronto, Canada.
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Morris & Dickson Co. LLC recently constructed a new 395,000 square foot disrtibution complex at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier. The company is the nation's oldest privately owned pharmaceutical distributor and has been locally owned and operated by the Dickson family for five generations. The company is located at the northern end of the Port Complex. Future expansions are already anticipated.
Blount Brothers Construction came to the Port in August of 2001. This local company distributes rock and sand, builds barges and bids on specialized construction projects such as the construction of the barge store at the Stoner Boat Launch and construction of the Port's new slack-water harbor.
Oakley Louisiana, Inc. leases ten acres for a bulk terminal facility including dock and 52,000 sq. ft. multi-bin warehouse for various types of fertilizers. A $4 million project of Bruce Oakley, Inc. of North Little Rock, Arkansas, the facility began operation in April 1999.
Bruce Oakley began thirty years ago with two trucks hauling fertilizer and grain in the Little Rock area. Today the parent company and its subsidiaries provide complete dry bulk transportation and storage services, moving all types of material by truck, barge and rail. The parent company owns and operates similar projects at four private ports in three states. Their facility at the Port is the company's first in a public port and its first operation in Louisiana.
Bruce Oakley was the first company to use the Port's facilities. In 1995, before the Port was open, some 3,000 tons of fertilizer arrived by barge at the just-completed general cargo dock for off-loading to trucks for distribution to Oakley customers.
Omni Industries of Baton Rouge leases 30 acres for Omni Specialty Packaging, Inc. This $13 million project is an automotive chemical blending, packaging and distribution complex which began operations in CY 2000.
Omni, a family-owned Louisiana firm, has been doing business throughout much of the U.S. for some 25 years. Stafford Palombo, Omni’s original goal was to build a state-of-the-art ISO-9000 certified facility which will enable the company to achieve its stated mission: to become a leading independent manufacturer/marketer of private label automotive chemicals and lubricants in the U.S. and have international presence with its NUVO & Pure Guard house brand lines by 2005". Omni has indeed achieved it’s goal and continues to grow it’s presence in these markets.
The Omni facilities include a 58,000 sq. ft. warehouse and blending tanks on LA Highway 1. A 3800' rail spur was brought to the site in 2002, and a 72,000 sf. warehouse expansion was completed in 2006. Also in 2006 Omni started a trucking division which van and tank wagon capabilities.
Red River Terminals is a $12+ million petroleum distribution complex leasing 32 acres. It includes a liquid storage terminal with related $1+ million Port-owned dock, piping, ten tanks capable of 340,000 barrels of storage and four-bay automated truck racks.
Highlights:
- The company was the Port's first tenant and remains the highest volumn tenant.
- In April of 2000, Red River Terminals handled the Port's One Millionth Ton of cargo.
- In September of 2002, Red River Terminals handled the Port's Two Millionth Ton of Cargo.
- Davision Terminal Services, Inc. purchasesd 100% of Red River Terminal’s in 2004.
Davison Terminal Service, Inc. (DTS) is a Louisiana corporation headquartered in Ruston. It began operation at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier in September of 2001. The company stores and distributes caustic fluids and oils. The DTS tank farm boasts a 125,000-barrel capacity.
The company also plans to re-locate its truck terminal, currently located at the Downtown Airport, to the Port. Offering on-site trucking services will further enhance cluster synergies at the Port. Coupled with their operations at Red River Terminals, DTS is truly a multi-modal facility, providing truck, rail and barge access.
Southern Composite Yachts (SCY) is a Louisiana Corporation that began operation at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier in 2002 with the lease in the Port's transit shed that is used as a temporary staging area for the production custom build 45-85 foot sport fishing catamarans carrying a price tag in the $1 million range. The company's port site provides for quick and easy delivery of completed vessels. Most of the yachts produced at the Port are shipped to customers along the Gulf Coast and the eastern seabord. After market support and service is also provided from the company's port site, adding a strong competitive advantage for the product line.
Located at the Port at a cost of $5.5 million Arkla Disposal, LLC is the first Waste Water Treatment Unit (WWTU) facility in Louisiana capable of handling hazardous wastewater. According to Arkla officials the treatment process of industrial wastewater allows the separation of properties reclaiming products that can be used in the fuel markets. Current customers include companies such as Entergy, Tyson Foods, Lone Star Steel, Georgia Pacific, and International Paper.
C & S Service and Supply, an East Texas based company, initiated a land lease at the Port of Shreveport Bossier in June of 2004. The lease provides storage of dry-bulk materials that facilitates their distribution and supply efforts in this region. In 2005 they expanded the operation and currently have a 13 acreage site leased. Has recieved over 75,000 tons of aggregate by rail.
A locally owned company TruSouth Oil, an 85,000 square foot facility located on a fifteen acre tract is the latest tenant to locate at the Port. The facility manufactures and packages engine oils, hydraulic fluid, gear oils, transmission fluid and functional/chemicals. Equipped with state of the art fully automated equipment/technology the company currently employees 30-35 employees. Product package sizes range from 8-ounce to 55-gallon drums as well as bulk. The focus market is distributors, oil marketers, grocery chains, automotive warehouse and hardware specialty businesses.
Recently locating at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier, Grupo IMSA, through its subsidiary Steelscape, is the largest individual project to date undertaken at the Port.
Headquartered in Kalama, Washington , Steelscape produces cold-rolled metallic coated and custom-painted steel coils for the construction and OEM markets. They are the only coated steel producer in the western United States that process the raw material “from pickling to painting” in its own facility, with manufacturing facilities currently located in California, Alabama and Washington.
The facility is being built on a 75-acre site in four phases, with phase two currently in construction. When Phase III is completed the facility will consist of 500,000 square feet. The Plant began operating in April of 2006.
Steelscape is the eleventh tenant to locate at the Port.
ADS Logistics, LLC, is the premier North American provider of fully integrated logistics and supply chain solutions to the metals industry. The ADS Roll & Hold facility at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier offers metals producers and consumers 60,000 square feet of heat and humidity controlled warehousing, transportation management and supply chain management solutions for Class-1 metals products in the Southeastern US.
ADS provides metals manufacturers and consumers opportunity to reduce supply chain operating and transaction costs and increase logistics service quality. ADS' management experience coupled with its supply chain management technology helps companies maximize efficiencies and cost savings. ADS has more than 30 years experience providing services through an extensive menu of logistics service options, including:
- Management services
- Outsourcing services
- Consulting services
- System solutions for companies to self manage the supply chain
- with Physical services
- Flatbed trucking
- Metals warehousing
- Multi-modal / rail cars
LoMaS®, our supply chain management system, is supply chain management integration software designed specifically for the metals industry. Developed internally to provide systems control for ADS warehousing and distribution services, LoMaS® is now offered to metals industry focused companies through an Application Service Provider (ASP) arrangement, providing the following functionality:
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Truck / Rail
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Bar Code / RF Scanning
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Our customers are leaders in their industries and are among the top durable goods and metals manufacturers. The Company's capabilities and expertise in the logistics and technology arenas, as well as the international reach of its distribution support network, make ADS the best logistics choice for the metals industry. Learn more about ADS at www.adslogistics.com
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