Ostrica and the port district, south-east of Port Sulphur
Head 13.6 miles south-east of Port Sulphur and you reach Ostrica, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics classes as a liquid bulk terminal. A tractor that has pulled tank trailers in and out of a terminal like that may be parked at a yard downriver rather than in town, so give us the exact spot where it sits and whether a tow truck can reach it from the highway.
A little farther on, the same federal agency records the Plaquemines Port District at 16.8 miles south-east. If your truck has worked the docks there, write down what it hauled and which gates it used. Send photos of the cab, frame, fifth wheel and tires along with that note.
Owner-operators and their own paperwork
Port Sulphur held 1,220 jobs in 2023, a tally drawn from the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for the town. Have the registration in your own name and the keys in hand when you reach out; a truck titled to a relative or an old business name needs that sorted first.
Owner-operators here tend to keep their records in a cab drawer or a kitchen folder. Pull together whatever service invoices, inspection reports or logbook pages you have before you call; with them on the table, we can talk about the truck itself instead of chasing paperwork later.
Cattle, tomatoes, honey
Farm trucks from the lower Plaquemines fields
Around Port Sulphur and the rest of the parish, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 113 farms in Plaquemines Parish, with cattle, tomatoes and honey listed as the leading products. Stock trailers, flatbeds and small box trucks that move those goods to market are all trucks we purchase.
A farm truck often spends most of the year in a barn or on a pasture edge, away from any paved lot. Tell us the gate or road it sits beside and send a few daylight photos. Our driver comes out to the farm itself; you never have to bring it into town.
An OMV counter upriver in Meraux
When the title is missing, the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles handles a replacement; its OMV Chalmette Office at 3870 E Judge Perez Drive, Meraux, 70075, is 32.3 miles from Port Sulphur. Bring your ID and the VIN, and ask for a duplicate title before you list the truck with us.
If a lender still holds a lien, ask that lender for a release letter at the same time you request the duplicate. Upriver in Meraux, staff at that office can tell you which forms the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles wants for a commercial vehicle, so you leave with everything in one trip.
Start with the VIN, the make and model, and the street or landmark where the truck is parked. Those three details tell us which truck it is and where our driver needs to go.
Add the title or the duplicate request from the Meraux office, plus clear photos from all four sides and the dash. With that set in hand, the next conversation is about your truck and nothing else.
The questions we get asked in Port Sulphur
- My tank tractor is parked down by Ostrica - will you come for it there?Ostrica sits 13.6 miles south-east of Port Sulphur on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of liquid bulk terminals, and we come to the truck wherever it is parked. Tell us the location and how it can be reached.
- Do you buy livestock haulers and farm trucks from the parish?Plaquemines Parish has 113 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, tomatoes and honey leading, and the trucks that serve them are trucks we purchase. Send photos and the location of the truck.