Port Bienville Industrial Park
Contact
Port Contact: Shane LaFontaine
Email: Shlafontaine@hcphc.ms
Phone: (228) 533-7788
Address: 13006 Seaplane Road, Bay St Louis, MS 39520
Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission operates Port Bienville Industrial Park. Spanning 3,600 acres, the park has 1,000 acres available for development and hosts key tenants like Calgon Carbon, Sabic, Alpek Polyester, SNF Polychemie, Point Eight Power, and Jindal Tubular.
Location
PBIP offers versatile warehouse and transload services for bulk cargoes, with easy access via rail, road, and waterways. Conveniently located near Interstate 10, 12, and 59, as well as U.S. Highways 90 and 49, PBIP is 50 miles east of the Port of New Orleans and 30 miles west of the Port of Gulfport.
Port Bienville Industrial Park is located on the Pearl River and has been dredged to a depth of 12 feet. At mile marker 1.0, CSX has a swing bridge with a closed vertical clearance of 14 feet and a horizontal clearance of 87 feet. This bridge does not limit access for barges, towboats, and small vessels with drafts appropriate to the river depth.
Port Bienville Industrial Park is serviced by the Port Bienville Shortline Railroad, a Class III railroad, equipped with 17 miles of track and approximately 605 rail car storage capacity. The track can accommodate standard 286,000-pound loaded railcars. Services provided by the railroad include rail car storage, switching and weighing. Port Bienville Industrial Park is home to Cathcart Rail, that serves as running repair agent. Additionally, Port Bienville Shortline Railroad interchanges with Class I CSX at Ansley, Mississippi.
