The Port of Brownsville is a major center for intermodal transportation and industrial development and is the only deepwater seaport directly on the U.S./Mexico border. Opened in 1936, at the southernmost tip of Texas and connected to the Gulf of Mexico by a 17-mile-long ship channel, the Port of Brownsville is also the largest land-owning public port authority in the nation with approximately 40,000 acres. The port offers a direct route to non-congested international bridge crossings and rail connections. As a bulk and break bulk commodity port, the Port of Brownsville has developed a versatile marine terminal operation for both liquid and dry cargoes. Petroleum products, diesel, heavy naphtha, steel bulk materials, ores, scrap, sand, windmill components, and limestone are some