The Port of Vicksburg has twenty-one business and industries operating at the Port employing over 4,000 employees.  The Port is a designated Foreign Trade Zone, Port of Entry, and maintains a United States Customs service. 

Halfway between Memphis and New Orleans on the Mississippi River, Vicksburg has been a key river port since the early 1800's.  The Port of Vicksburg, owned and operated by Warren County, began shipping operations in 1968 and has risen to be one of the top inland ports in America.

Located on a slack-water harbor, this 422-acre (and growing) port consists of a harbor channel 9550 feet long, with minimum 300-foot width, and 12-foot minimum depth.   An approach channel 4850 feet long with 150-foot minimum width and 12-foot minimum depth, connects the harbor channel to Vicksburg Harbor.

The Port maintains a 125-ton crane, two 15-ton overhead cranes, all-weather loading and unloading, and 129,000 square feet of insured and sprinklered warehouse space.

A rail and road loop allows direct access from barge to truck to rail.  Liquid warehouse facilities, barge fleeting, and marshalling services, and barge cleaning and refurbishing services are available.

Each year, more than 400 million tons of cargo pass through this busy port. 

The Warren County Port Commission, in an effort to create more industrial sites, developed the Ceres Research and Industrial Interplex,  The 1340-acre park's location on Interstate 20, just 30 minutes from Jackson and 10 miles from Vicksburg, makes it an ideal industrial center for mid-Mississippi and the mid-South.

A study to enlarge the Port of Vicksburg is currently underway by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.  An project to enlarge the Yazoo Diversion Canal, our entrance to the Port, is also underway.

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