Oil Bunkering and Oil Handling.-- There are no waterfront facilities at Pascagoula for bunkering oceangoing vessels.

Fuel oil is received by water at the wharf of the International Paper Company (P.W.D. Ref. No. 30) at Moss Point on the Escatawpa (Dog) River. This is the only waterfront facility currently handling petroleum receipts at the port. However, at the Pascagoula West Side Terminal Wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 38), which was under construction at the time of this survey, plans have been made to receive petroleum products by water for storage and local distribution.

Fishing vessels, recreational, and other small craft may obtain gasoline or diesel fuel through metered pumps at the Pascagoula Dock Station Wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 8), Lewis Dock (P.W.D. Ref. No. 10), Marine Sales & Service Corp. Dock (P.W.D. Ref. No. 19), and the Lake Shrimp Co. Dock (P.W.D. Ref. No. 21), all on the left bank of the Pascagoula River, and at the Skippy Walker Ship Repair Co. Wharf (P.W.D. Ref. No. 36) on the right bank of the river. Each of these facilities receives its fuel supplies by tank truck.

Storage Warehouses.-- There are no public storage warehouses serving the waterborne traffic at the port.

Open Storage.-- No public open storage areas for bulk commodities have been set aside by waterfront facility operators at the port. Open storage space will be available to the public at and upon completion of the general cargo terminal (P.W.D. Ref. No. 38) which was being built by the Pascagoula Port Commission and the Jackson County Port Authority at the time of this survey. This storage space will be served by rail tracks connecting with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and a paved roadway connecting with U. S. Highway No. 90.

Hoisting Facilities

Ashore and Afloat.-- The cranes and derricks located on the piers and wharves throughout the port area are for the sole use of the operating companies and are described under "Mechanical Handling Facilities" in the table of Piers, Wharves, and Docks. If, however, the need for hoisting facilities ashore arises, prior arrangements can be made with the shipbuilding and ship repair plant operators, where lifts up to 50 tons can be handled. There are no floating cranes or derricks based at the port.

The following table lists and describes the hoisting equipment ashore available for use under such arrangements, the operating company, and the reference number of the pier or wharf location of the equipment.

The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., P.W.D. Ref. Nos. 1 to 5

Six electric, traveling, full-portal shipyard cranes: Four, each with 105-foot boom, capacity 50 tons at 20foot radius.

Two, each with 90-foot boom, capacity 25 tons at 20-foot radius.

One 50-ton elevated electric stiff-leg derrick with 95-foot boom.

Arnold V. Walker Shipyard Division, P.W.D. Ref. Nos. 6 and 7

Four locomotive cranes, each with 60-foot boom:

One 35-, one 30-, and two with 25-ton capacities.

F. B. Walker & Sons, Inc., P.W.D. Ref. No. 22

One 20-ton pneumatically-operated stiff-leg derrick with 50foot boom.

M. M. Flechas Shipyard, P.W.D. Ref. No. 25

Two gasoline mobile cranes, each with 45-foot boom.

Two gasoline crawler cranes, one with 40-foot and one with 55-foot boom.

Gulf Marine Ways, Inc., P.W.D. Ref. No. 34

One 15-ton steam locomotive crane with 45-foot reach.

One gasoline mobile crane with 50-foot boom, capacity 10 tons at 15-foot radius.

Skippy Walker Ship Repair Co., Inc., P.W.D. Ref. No. 36

Two 35-ton locomotive cranes.
One 10-ton gasoline mobile crane.

Marine Repair Plants, Drydocks, Marine Railways, and Vertical Boat Lifts.-- At the port of Pascagoula there are eight marine repair plants along the waterfront for making repairs to vessels of all types and sizes. Four of the plants are located along the left bank and two are along the right bank of the Pascagoula River and two are on the south side of Krebs Lake. Seven of the plants operate facilities, including eight marine railways, a floating drydock, and a vertical boat lift, with haul-out capacities up to 1,000 tons.

The plant of The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation extends for nearly a mile along the left bank of the Pascagoula River below Communy Bayou. Facilities of the plant include ten