Located in the San Joaquin valley, the Port of Stockton is a 600 acre complex designed and equipped to load, unload, and store all kinds of material including general cargo, container cargo, dry bulk, and liquid bulk cargo.

For twenty years, Metro Ports has provided bulk loading services for sulphur, coal, petroleum coke, ores and other products in the Port of Stockton - 80 miles up river from San Francisco.

This 20-acre site includes 10 acres for expansion. Outside sulphur storage is located on 5 acres, with the 40,000 ton capacity area contained by a 26-ft. high concrete block wall. Two separate areas are dedicated to petroleum coke.

Receiving

Cargo is received to the terminal by rail cars and trucks. The rotary rail car dump receives up to 2000 MTPH, capable of handling 84 cars, utilizing Metro's facility for another 84 cars in unit trains. The truck dump receives at speeds up to 1000 MTPH. A separate petcoke receiving system works on a pneumatic system and mixes petcoke with water to reduce fugitive dust.

Vessel Loading

Vessel loading is performed by the shiploader, capable of productions up to 3500 MTPH. One of Metro's customers constructed a state-of-the-art facility to connect their adjacent sulphur plant to Metro's terminal conveyor system.