Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, owns and operates docks and freight handling facilities at the Port of Corpus Christi, which is on the Gulf of Mexico about 150 miles north of the US-Mexico border. The port has terminals designed to handle general, refrigerated, and liquid and dry bulk cargo. Port facilities are served by rail carriers and highways, as well as by the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The agency was created by Nueces County voters in 1922 as Nueces County Navigation District No. 1; it became the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, by an act of the Texas Legislature in 1981. Commissioners appointed by local government entities oversee the agency.
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Executives
Chairman
Ruben Bonilla Jr.
Executive Director
John P. LaRue