Port Bienville Railroad

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The Port Bienville Railroad (AAR reporting marks PBVR) is a class III railroad operating in Mississippi.

The PBVR by Hancock County, Mississippi to serve the Port Bienville Industrial Park. It is operated under the authority of the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission.

The PBVR is a “full service” short-line railroad that interchanges with CSX Transportation. The PBVR provides line-haul transportation to and from the industrial park, as well as switching, storage, repair, maintenance, trans-loading, rail car unloading, and rail car cleaning for Port Bienville Industrial Park tenants and other customers.

Rail cars are typically shipped the same day information is received to forward the car. Inbound cars are delivered to customers the same day they are received. The PBVR currently interchanges about 8000 cars per year.

Repair and maintenance of rail cars is provided through the Anderson Corporation which operates a mobile unit on PBVR property. The service includes most AAR type repairs, as well as “customer requested” repairs as needed.

All mainline rail operated by PBVR has 286,000 pound gross-weight-on-rail capability. PBVR can store up to 429 rail cars at any one time. Multi-modal warehouse and trans-load facilities are available. The multi-modal facility is located in the Gulf Coast Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #92 within the industrial park. A trans-loading site is available for other prime sites for bulk transfers and storage of product.

PBVR provides daily service to a Class I railroad interchange at Ansley, Mississippi. Port Bienville is located 40 miles east of New Orleans, Louisiana.

The PBVR provides switching services for various customers within their plants and for moving cars to and from off-plant site storage facilities. PBVR also offers rail car in-transit storage for customers who ship across the Gulf Coast. Its daily service provides great flexibility for storing of future shipments.

The railroad was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 however repairs were made and PBVR is back in full operation.

[edit] Contact information

Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission P.O. Box 2267 Bay St. Louis, MI 39521 (228) 467-9231 telephone (228) 467-9341 fascimile

E-mail: headquarters@portandharbor.com

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