• Located on Lake Erie in the city of Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio.
• Authorization: River & Harbor Acts of 1899, 1907, 1910, 1917, 1930, 1935, 1945, 1960, 1965 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.
• Deep draft commercial harbor.
• Authorized depths are 28 feet in the outer harbor and 27 feet in the river.
• 99th leading U.S. port with 2,996,000 tons of material shipped or received in 2007.
• Lorain Harbor is ranked 24th among the Great Lakes Ports.
• Over 2.5 miles of breakwater structures.
• 60 acre outer harbor and 2.6 miles of Federal channel on the Black River.
• A confined disposal facility (CDF) is located at the eastern end of the harbor.
• Major stakeholders include the Lorain Port Authority, U.S. Coast Guard, Amcor Marine, American Metal Chemical Corp., Gold Bond/U.S. Gypsum, Jonick Dock & Terminal, Lorain Tubular Co., National Gypsum Co., Republic Technologies Int., and Terminal Ready Mix, Inc.
  
  

For further information, contact:
Michael D. Pniewski
Email: michael.d.pniewski@usace.army.mil
(419) 726-9121