Port of Lake Charles

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The Port of Lake Charles is an industrial port based in the city of Lake Charles. It provides many jobs of the city It is the sixteenth largest seaport in the United States, 4th largest liner service seaport in the U.S. Gulf and a major West Gulf container load center with the Calcasieu Ship Channel providing direct access to the Gulf of Mexico, 34 miles downstream from the city docks. The ship channel intersects the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway just north of Calcasieu Lake. The Ship Channel has a project depth of 40 feet and a bottom width of 400 feet.