<P> The port of Corpus Christi opened in 1925 after culminating efforts that began as early as 1848 to obtain a deep - water port . The Port of Corpus Christi currently is the sixth largest U.S. port and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico, it handles mostly oil and agricultural products . In 2005 it was ranked as the 47th largest in the world by cargo tonnage . </P> <P> Corpus Christi has been affected by many hurricanes and tropical storms . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1916 Texas hurricane </Li> <Li> 1919 Florida Keys hurricane </Li> <Li> Hurricane Carla (1961) </Li> <Li> Hurricane Beulah (1967) </Li> <Li> Hurricane Celia (1970) </Li> <Li> Tropical Storm Amelia (1978) </Li> <Li> Hurricane Bret (1999) </Li> <Li> Hurricane Harvey (2017) </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1916 Texas hurricane </Li>

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