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Inland Waterway Navigation System
The Port of Muskogee is located on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The waterway is well suited for shipping bulk materials and large fabricated items. Considering the variety of barges available and the increasing use of containerization, almost any product or commodity is suitable for transportation on the waterways. All of the major commodities shipped on the waterway, construction materials, petroleum, coal, grains and other agriculture products, steel products, chemicals and minerals are a part of the continued growth in river traffic. As more shippers understand the economics of water transportation, new commodities are moved along the Arkansas River System. One barge (1,400 tons) is equal to 14 jumbo railcar hoppers or 56 semi trucks. Maximum tow size: 8 jumbo barges and one tow boat for single to locking. Average jumbo barge size: 35 feet wide by 195 feet long.
About the Port
| River Location: |
River Navigation Mile 393.8 R |
| Nearest Incorporated City: |
The Port is within the City Limits of Muskogee, Oklahoma. |
| Port Services: |
Waterfront terminal operators provide a complete line of intermodal
services including:
- Harbor towboat for switching and fleeting barges. 20 mooring dolphins available along over a mile of channel frontage.
- Overhead and mobile crane for transferring shipments directly between barge, rail and truck or into the Port's 94,000 square foot dockside warehouse.
- Locomotives for interchanging railcars between port and mainline rail carriers.
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| Types of Cargo: |
A variety of cargo is currently shipped through the Port of Muskogee including:
- Dry Bulk - paper, fly ash, grain, fertilizer, salt, limestone, sand, petroleum coke, etc.
- Liquid bulk - asphalt and molasses.
- General Cargo - steel coil, steel plate, zinc slabs, pipe, glass, etc.
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| Foreign Trade Zone: |
U.S. Customs has designated the Port Foreign Trade Zone #164. |
| Site Availability: |
See Site
Location Fact Sheet. |
| Trucking Routes: |
U.S. Highway 165 (Muskogee Turnpike) is located at the entrance
to the Port of Muskogee for easy connection to Interstate Highways 40 and 44 and U.S. Highway 69.
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Al Stevens, Chairman of the Board
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