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About Port Manchac

Port Manchac is an inter-modal facility that serves manufacturing and distribution clients throughout the Gulf South.

The Port is ideally located — the Canadian National (CN) Railroad's north-south main rail line runs directly adjacent to the port's property and provides regular service to the facility as needed. The terminal is also located directly adjacent to Interstate 55 with nearby direct links to I-12, I-10, and I-59, and outside of the congested Port of New Orleans and Port of Baton Rouge cargo markets. The 140-acre Port Manchac inter-modal terminal offers a prime inland location to store and trans-load bulk, break-bulk, neo-bulk, and containerized shipments by barge, rail, and truck. Barge service to the Port of New Orleans / Mississippi River is accessed through Lake Pontchartrain / North Pass.

Facilities & Logistics

31450 Highway 51 South
Manchac, LA 70421


140-acre Intermodal Terminal Facility capable of handling bulk, break-bulk, neo-bulk, and containerized cargo by barge, rail, and truck.

A. New 30,000 sq.ft. warehouse available to lease for industrial use, serviced by water, rail, and truck.

B. 30,000 sq.ft. warehouse currently leased to Purus Industries, manufacturing liquid-bulk products.

C. 1-2.Two barge docks capable of supporting loads of 1000 lbs./sq.ft.

D. 70 ft. truck scale certified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

E. Three rail spurs totaling 6000 ft. with direct access to the main line of the Canandian National Railroad with service provided six says a week.

F. 20 acres of open lay-down storage.


Master Plan PowerPoint Presentation
Master Plan Narrative Report
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Our Clients

Air Products • Acadian Hardwoods & Cypress • Associated Terminals • Balchem • Bayou Signs • Cornerstone Chemical • Crown Castle • Griffin Industries • Purus Industries / Premier Chemicals • Restore The Earth

Our Affiliates

Canadian National Railroad (CN) • Gulf Ports Association of America (GPAA) • Hammond Airport • Ports Association of LA (PAL) • Tangipahoa Economic Development Foundation (TEDF) • Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED) • Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries • U.S. Coast Guard • NOAA • Southeast Louisiana Business Center


Emergency Responders: LA State Police • Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Department • Ponchatoula Police Department • Ponchatoula Fire Department • Manchac Fire Department

Port Tariff Information

Administrative Staff

Patrick J. Dufresne, Executive Director/CEO
Robyn Pusey, Administrative Assistant


 

South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission positions for 2023

 

Daryl Ferrara – President 2023

William Joubert – Vice-President

Tina Roper – Secretary

Jimmy Schliegelmeyer, Jr. -Treasurer

Timothy DePaula – Member 

William Sims – Member


The South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission serves as the official governing authority for Port Manchac. The seven (7) commission members are appointed by the governor of LA to six (6) year terms and receive no compensation for their community service to the organization. The commission was originally created by Act #299 of the Louisiana Legislature in 1962.

STPPC official meetings are regularly scheduled for the 2nd Tuesday of each month @ 12 noon, unless otherwise noted.