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[[Image:Port of Decatur silo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bunge North America bulk liquid storage facilities at the port.]]

[[Image:Port of Decatur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The main river entrance to the port.]]

The '''Port of Decatur''' is a [[transshipment]] [[port]] on the [[Tennessee River]], in the city of [[Decatur, Alabama]], [[United States of America]]. The port was founded in 1971.<ref name="Dectransit">{{cite web | title =Port of Decatur: Facts and Figures | publisher =Decatur Transit | year =2007 | url =http://www.decaturtransit.com/269/Facts_and_Figures.aspx | access-date =2008-07-11 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130121121703/http://www.decaturtransit.com/269/Facts_and_Figures.aspx | archive-date =2013-01-21 }}</ref>

== Port facilities ==
Port facilities include [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] transfer points for switches between barge, road and rail, storage facilities for bulk liquids, dry bulk and general cargo and {{convert|12|acre|m2}} of open storage. Serviceable quay length is {{convert|2000|ft|m}}, with a year-round draft of nine metres.<ref name="Dectransit"/>

The port is directly connected to the [[Norfolk Southern]] and [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] railroads and to interstate and regional highway networks.

== Industries ==
Port throughput is dominated by imports of industrial and agricultural commodities including sand, asphalt, grains and fertilizers, coal, and steel piping.<ref name="Dectransit"/> From 2005 the port also began handling poultry feed products for nationwide poultry firm [[Golden Kist]].<ref>{{cite news| last =Wilson |first =Jay |title =Bunge expansion to breathe life into Decatur port| work =The Decatur Daily News | publisher =The Decatur Daily | date =2005-05-27 | url =http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050527/bunge.shtml | access-date =2008-07-11 }}</ref>

Exports are limited by the cost-efficiency of road and rail distribution networks, forcing many barges accessing the port to return empty.<ref>{{cite news| last =Fleischauer |first =Eric |title =River, rails, roads and air: Transport hub drives Decatur's economy | work =The Decatur Daily News | publisher =The Decatur Daily | date =2006-10-01 | url =http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/061001/hub.shtml | access-date =2008-07-11}}</ref> Shipping times to [[New Orleans]] are approximately two weeks from loading.<ref name="Dectransit"/>

==See also==

*[[Decatur, Alabama]]
*[[List of North American ports]]

== References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website}}

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[[Category:Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama]]
[[Category:Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area]]
[[Category:Ports and harbors of Alabama|Decatur]]
[[Category:Economy of Alabama|Decatur]]
[[Category:River ports of the United States]]
[[Category:Transportation in Alabama|Decatur]]
[[Category:Industrial parks in the United States]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Alabama]]

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