Quick Access to the Gulf 
Close to the largest port in the world

Locating in Vicksburg means that, within days, your products can be shipped or received through the largest Port Complex in the World ... the Port of South Louisiana and the Port of Greater Baton Rouge.  Vicksburg is one of the top inland ports in America and the only inland port in Mississippi with container shipping capabilities.

That is why so many international companies are rushing to locate in Vicksburg ... a great place to live and work, with access to inland and world markets, and an efficient means of transporting and managing goods.

The Port of South Louisiana, which stretches 54 miles along the Mississippi River, is the largest tonnage port district in the Western Hemisphere and ranks fourth in the world. It handled over 239 million tons of cargo in 2003, brought to its terminals by vessel, barge, rail, and truck.

With exports of 56 million tons of cargo a year — more than any other port in North America — the port accounts for 15 percent of total US exports. The port has nine first-rate port-owned facilities, ranging from grain elevators to general cargo and bulk docks.

The Port serves primarily as landlord to eight facilities leased to operating companies such as Peavey, Occidental, Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill. The exception is the Globalplex Intermodal Terminal, which the port purchased in 1992 and is currently redeveloping into a world class complex to accommodate a variety of dry bulk and break-bulk cargo. 

The deep-water Port of Greater Baton Rouge is situated at the convergence of the Mississippi River (part of the Inland Waterways System) and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, which links major Gulf ports between north Florida and south Texas.

This strategic location provides ready access to the nation's heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transportation, as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.

A 45-foot deep channel is maintained from the port to the Gulf by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Direct transfers from rail, barge, truck and ship are handled quickly, safely and efficiently at the port. Rail service is provided by the Kansas City Southern Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Canadian National and Illinois Central Railroad, with 17 miles of rail located within the main port complex. 

The Port of Greater Baton Rouge also provides the only publicly owned midstream mooring buoy operation available on the lower Mississippi.