The "Life & Death" of the Port of Houston's Bayport Cruise Terminal into a Successful Ro-Ro Terminal

[Host Kat]

Kinda long, but has detailed history, old pictures, etc. for those of us that love that sort of stuff! 

 

Patrick Nwachokor - PPM Paper Version 2.pdf (aapa-ports.org)

[Lane Hog]

Houston's loss was Galveston's gain... 

I wonder how much time was being lost in the channel getting to Bayport vs. the relatively fast in and out at Galveston.

[BallFour4]

This was a good read.

The terminal is actually in the City of Pasadena, and they were stuck with a million dollar water enhancement in the form of a on-site tower to provide adequate pressure to serve the needs.
 This "build it and they will come" mentality was a dismal failure, and reflected on some shady dealings and contracts with friends of the port authority.
 Galveston has bounced back after Ike, took on the Conquest after Katrina and has added hotel rooms at an aggressive pace.
 Mix in a real business plan for the long term with two amazing summers of island revenues with "staycation" travelers spending money down here like crazy and the long-term success is close to a sure thing.
 Thanks for sharing!

 

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[CarolSW]

THANK YOU for this story @HostKat!

I have been grieving the failure of the Bayport cruise terminal for years.  
We were able to use it just once, and I thought it was great.

This report has me feeling much better about it now.

Galveston is our homeport, and we were on the island just this weekend to be spectators for the ‘22 Ironman 70.3.  We drove down Harborside to see the considerable progress on the new Royal Caribbean terminal.  Exciting!

I consider myself so fortunate to be so close to a cruise port! 

Edited April 4, 2022 by CarolSW

[ssb]

The Island of Galveston has it going on for cruising ! 

Five cruise lines sailing out of Galveston ! 

Three of largest ships in industry sailing out of Galveston . 

New state of the art third cruise terminal , only few months from completion !

Fourth terminal is on drawing boards. 

So many other infrastructure cruise support improvements happening on island.   

[Rudyard]

On 3/30/2022 at 5:49 PM, Lane Hog said:

Houston's loss was Galveston's gain... 

I wonder how much time was being lost in the channel getting to Bayport vs. the relatively fast in and out at Galveston.

 

I cruised out of Bayport once and it was about 2.5 hours. Shame it didn't work out as it was a nice terminal with easy parking. 

[newcruzer2]

Ty for posting link, was very interesting.

We cruised from there twice and l Ioved it. I pictured an abandoned facility, so happy for them.

[crusin okie]

We only sailed out of there once - not a good experience,

 

[longhorn2004]

So what is the old cruise terminal building used for in a Ro Ro operation?

[Host Kat]

5 hours ago, longhorn2004 said:

So what is the old cruise terminal building used for in a Ro Ro operation?

 

Start at the middle of page 39 for info about the first shipment and then the forecast for the future.

Patrick Nwachokor - PPM Paper Version 2.pdf (aapa-ports.org)

[longhorn2004]

9 hours ago, Host Kat said:

 

Start at the middle of page 39 for info about the first shipment and then the forecast for the future.

Patrick Nwachokor - PPM Paper Version 2.pdf (aapa-ports.org)

On page 36

"The cruise facility also offers a large open building that could suit the needs for auto processing and accessories installation."