# Convent (US CEN)

**UN/LOCODE:** US CEN  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** Gulf of Mexico; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 30.0167, -90.8333

Convent sits in the dense petrochemical and agribulk corridor of St. James Parish, Louisiana, where activity is organised around private Mississippi River docks rather than a single public terminal. The berths serve heavy industry: the former Texaco-then-Shell refinery (shut in 2020 and being rebuilt as a renewable-fuels and sustainable-aviation-fuel complex), Mosaic's Faustina fertilizer and ammonia plant, and a Cargill grain terminal of about 6 million bushels. Cargo here is petroleum and chemical products, fertilizer and agricultural bulk – not containers or conventional breakbulk. River barge, rail and road tie the site into the Baton Rouge–New Orleans industrial belt. For containerised cargo and customs clearance, shippers use the Port of New Orleans.

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