Port Terminal Railroad Association PTRA

Nature of Firm:

PTRA is an association formed in 1924 by the 18 railroads that had access to Houston at that time. The BNSF and UP are now the voting members of the Board of Directors that actually control the PTRA. Three non-voting members are the PTRA and Port of Houston.

PTRA has approximately 400 employees, maintains 153.9 miles of track, and handles about 500,000 cars annually. Service area includes the largest chemical complex in the world and two of the South's largest export grain elevators.

Officers
L.J. Jenkins
General Manager
Phone: 713-393-6500
Fax: 713-393-6673

Customer Service
Phone: 713-393-6501
Fax: 713-393-6580

Location
PORT TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION
8934 Manchester Street
Houston, TX 77012-2149
Phone: 713-393-6500
Fax: 713-393-6673

Revenue Requirements
Terminal Switching Carrier

Interchange Points
Houston

Equipment Summary

Information Exchange Method
EDI

Customers Served
Air Products Mfg Corp
All States Steel Co
Amerada Hess Corp
Apache Air Abrasive
Applied Energy Service Deepwater Inc
Aristech Chemical
Aristech
Arrow Trucking
Asia Chemical Corp
Atochem North America Inc
Barbours Cut Import Service
B. F. Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Chemical Grp
Brown & Root Marine Operators
Byers Barge Terminal
C&D Warehouse
Care Shipping Inc
Cargill Inc
Cargill Inc Tallow Dept
Cargill Molasses South
Cargo Carriers
Chevron Chemicals
City of Houston Water Purif Plt
Cougar Steel
Crown Central Petroleum Group
Custom Transit
Densimix
Dickson Weatherproof Nail
Distribution & Auto Service Inc
Dow Chemical
DPC Industries Inc
Dyna-Therm International
Elco International Inc
Empak Inc
Ethyl Corp
EX-IM Freezer
Fairway Terminal Operators
Faust Distributing
Fermenta ASC
Fina Oil & Chemical Co
Forest Products
General American Tank
Georgia Gulf Corp
Global United Industries
W R Grace & Co
Greens Bayou Pipe Yard
Greensport Industrial Park
Grief Brothers
Gulf Material Recycling
Gulf State Toyota
Haltermann
George Hedge Contractors Inc
Hercules Inc
Holnam Inc
Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Co
Houston/Northwestern Steel
Houston Public Elevator
Houston Universal
Howard Industries
Howell Chemical Systems
Joe D. Hughes Inc Contractors
IM/EX Services Inc
Inbesa America Inc
Intercontinental Terminals Corp
Jacob Stern & Sons Inc
Kerley Products
Koppers Industries Inc
Kramer Trading Corp of Texas
Linde-Union Carbide
Lubrizol
Lyondell Petrochemical Co
Manchester Terminal Corp
Marine Lumber Co
Merichem Co
Mobil Mining & Minerals
Normco Leasing Inc
O'Neal Steel
Occidental Chem Feed & Phosph
Oiltanking of Texas Inc
Omniport Houston
Occidental Chemical Corp
Occidental Chemical Agri Prod
Pacific Motor Trucking
Paktank
Parker Brothers Co
Phibro Energy Inc
Phillips 66 Co
Port Warehouse Services Inc
Precoat Metals Div of Sequoia
Proler International
Refrigerated Distribution Svc
Reilly Distribution
Rhone-Poulenc Baic Chemical Co
Richardson Steel Yard Inc
Rohm & Haas Texas Inc
Rollins Environmental Svc Inc
Sealand Service Inc
Shell Deer Park Mfg Complex
Shippers Stevedores
Simpson Pasadena Paper
Soltex Polymer Corp
South Coast Terminals
Stolt Terminal Inc
Storage & Processors Inc
Strachan Shipping Co
Technical Environmental Systems
Tenneco Methanol Co
Texas Alkyls Co
TMC Engineering Svc
Trammel Crow Distribution
Tubular Services Inc
Unibar Drilling Fluid
United DC
U S Metalsource
Volkswagon of America
Vulcan/ICA Distribution
W R Grace & Co
Walton Barge Terminal
Wedco Inc
Westway Trading Corp