Birmingham Marine Terminal

Birmingham Marine Terminal is a 30-acre terminal nestled at mile 399 on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River. It currently offers bulk, break bulk, and bagged storage, both near dock and/or long term, as open or covered, with plenty of room for expansion. Birmingham Marine Terminal has a custom-built system to break super sacks, converting bags to bulk, as well as the ability to load a wide assortment of trucks: dump trailers, tri-axle end dumps or pneumatic tankers. In addition, the Port can load an assortment of super sacks from bulk storage, converting bulk to bags, and has the ability to load truck vans, flat beds, soft-side vans and an assortment of shipping containers. The terminal also offers expertise in working with a wide fariety of cargoes, and it’s only a short drive to Birmingham via Hwy. 269 to Interstate Highways 20, 22, 59, and 65

Products Handled: General cargoes including steel coils, wire rod coils, steel beam, steel plate, bagged cargoes, bulk fertilizer, ferroalloys, coal, mill scale, pig iron, sand, aggregates, and forest products

Storage: Open 30 acres; Inside 42,000 ft² via three warehouses and an additional 7,000 ft² of covered storage in a fabric building

Barges Handled: Two worked, eight held

Handling Equipment: American 999C crawler (120 ton) with a 5 CY clam for duty cycle work and hook work up to 25 net tons; Kobelco SK400LC excavator with a 4 CY clam for duty cycle work and light hook work; Kobelco SK480LC excavator; Taylor forklift trucks with capacities 40 net tons and 15 net tons; Clark forklift truck with a capacity of 3 net tons; Komatsu 380 rubber tire loader; Radial stacker converted to load tanker trucks; and truck scales. Additional equipment is available upon request.

Operations:  Monday – Friday 0700 – 1500 CST, more if needed.

Connections: Interstates 20-59, 22 and 65 via Highway 269

Parker Towing Company also operates terminals for loading and unloading barges at several locations in Alabama and Tennessee. These terminals handle a broad range of dry cargo commodities and provide an intermodal link between barges, trucks, and rail.