FACILITIES AND PORT INFRASTRUCTURE

The port's channel is approximately 250 feet wide and is maintained to a depth of 36 feet. The Port's North Harbor is maintained to a depth of 32 feet, while the South Harbor and Turning Basin, which is approximately 1,320 feet wide, are maintained to a depth of 36 feet.

The Port consists of 10 multiple berths ranging from 525 – 750 feet. All piers are public, however; most facilities are operated through leases, operating or space assignment agreements with private operators or users.

The port is a bulk, break-bulk and container facility which includes:

• Over 400,000 sq ft. of Covered Storage
• Two Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes
• Open Container Storage with reefer plug outlets
• Bulk Material Unloading System
• Dockside and Off Dock Storage
• Open Bulk and Break-bulk storage
• Customs secured boundaries with roving patrols
• Container Freight Station.
• Ro-Ro ramp

Foreign Trade Zone #92

The Gulfport/Biloxi Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) in Mississippi is a secured site located near the customs port of entry at the Port of Gulfport on the Gulf of Mexico where imported goods may be unloaded, stored, exhibited, manipulated and repackaged.

Off Port Warehousing

The Port of Gulfport has extensive contacts with the local real estate community which can help with any off port warehousing needs for bulk, break bulk, and containerized cargo.

Location and Intermodal Access

The Port of Gulfport is a deep water seaport strategically positioned on the Gulf of Mexico, just 16 miles from shipping lanes and five nautical miles from the intracostal waterway. Because of its location, ships can be in International waters within one hour of sailing from the Harbor at Gulfport.

The Port of Gulfport has direct access to Hwy 49 and it is only 10 minutes from Interstate 10, for this reason trucks can easily distribute products to 75% of the U.S. market within 24 hours.

The intermodal movement of cargo at the Port of Gulfport is accommodated on port in the form of vessel-to-vessel, vessel-to-rail, and/or vessel –to-truck transfer.

At least 45 truck lines service the port of Gulfport on a daily basis.

Rail service is provided by Kansas City Southern and CSX. Access to the Illinois Central and Canadian National line is provided in a 15-year joint marketing agreement between these two rail lines and KCS.

A multitude of barge lines and barges services are also available at the port.

Facilities address

Mississippi State Port at Gulfport
30th Avenue South ExtensionWest Pier
Gulfport, MS. 39501