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Public Ports and Terminals

Shippers and producers have access to a full range of public ports and terminals throughout the region served by the Tenn-Tom Waterway. Many of these facilities can also provide intermodal services, warehousing, bagging, and other special needs. For more detailed information on each of these ports check them out below by clicking on their links. Additional information on these and other ports can be found at Seaports of the Americas

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   Ports on the Tenn-Tom Waterway 
 
 
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448.3 Miles Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority  
Near Iuka, MS  
Phone: (662) 423-6088
Facilities: Main Dock 420 ft with 1,000 ft mooring cells, mobile cranes up to 200 ton capacity forklifts up to 80,000 lbs. capacity, railroad track mobile, and storage for 14 barges. Humidity control warehouse and truck scales.
 
  Uses: Primary terminal. At mile 2.6L (off of Tennessee River 215) Yellow Creek. General freight transfer including iron and steel. Kansas City Rail connection.
- Planned expansion - larger capacity loading dock.
- Industry sites available. A developed N. E. Mississippi Waterway Industrial Park (800+ Acres)at TTW Mile 435.
- A steel processing facility provides slitting cut-to-length & leveling
 
448.3 Miles  
  Facilities: Dock and mooring cells.
  Uses: Secondary terminal. Served by same mobile equipment as primary terminal.
 
389.6 Miles Port of Itawamba Intermodal Center
Contact: Greg Deakle
Itawamba County Port Authority
P. O. Box 577, Fulton, MS 38843
Tel: 1-800-371-8642
Fax: 662-862-5637
Facilities: Slack water harbor with 260 ft X 1100 ft. barge fleeting area; additional 1200 ft. of mooring and handling space with no more than 4-inch water fluctuation.
Amenities: 150-acre tri-modal industrial park with humidity-controlled warehouse, paved outdoor storage available; 60-ton crane, conveyor, roll on/roll off loading, and truck unloading facility. Certified truck scales. Short track rail and Burlington Northern connections available. Waterfront and non-waterfront fully developed sites available for purchase or lease, build to suit, lease back terms also available.
  Uses: Port Itawamba provides a full line of logistics services tailored to the needs of each client. Services available include: bulk, steel, and palletized cargo handling, cross docking, long and short term warehousing, inventory management, bar coding, import/export assistance, and logistics consulting.

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370.0 Miles Tom Soya Grain Co.  
Amory, MS 
Phone: (662) 494-3574
  Facilities: 195-foot steel bulkhead dock. 20 acres open storage, Barge Mooring Capacity 6.
  Uses: Rail-truck-barge transfer of grain and bulk commodities. Burlington Northern rail connection. Contact Tom Soya Grain, West Point, MS
 
369.5 
Miles
Amory Port  
Amory, MS 
Phone: (662) 256-5635
Facilities: Bulkhead wood dock with steel pilings, mooring cell, 30-ton crane, and open storage area with asphalt surface.
  Uses: General freight transfer including grain and lumber. Burlington Northern rail connection. Contact Mayor Howard Boozer, City of Amory, MS.
  
356.1 Miles Aberdeen Port 
Aberdeen, MS 
Phone: (662) 494-3754 or (601) 369-4165
Facilities: Concrete dock, mooring cell, 100-ton mobile crane, truck scales, warehouse, and outdoor storage area with asphalt paved surface.
  Uses: Owned by City of Aberdeen. General freight transfer including grain, bentonite, wood products, and petroleum. No rail connection. Contact Tom Soya Grain Company, West Point, MS.
 
338.5 
Miles
Clay County Port 
West Point, MS 
Phone: (662) 494-3754 or (662) 494-3124
Facilities: 555-foot parallel barge slip with 10-barge stowage, 6 mooring dolphins, 60-foot drive-on steel bulkhead dock, crane cell for mobile crane, and 120-foot loading and off-loading crane dock. Truck scales, 20-acre staging area with crushed stone surface.
  Uses: General freight transfer including coal, salt, lime, gypsum rock, stone, and fertilizer. No rail connection. Contact Tom Soya Grain Company, operators, or Clay County Executive, West Point, MS.

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338.6 Miles Tom Soya Grain Co. 
West Point, MS 
Phone: (662) 494-3754
  Facilities: Bridge abutment dock, fixed crane, conveyor, bulk hopper, dry bulk storage.
  Uses: Barge-truck transfer of grain, salt, and dry bulk commodities. No rail connection.
  
330.0Miles Lowndes County Port 
Columbus, MS 
Phone: (662) 329-5886 or (662) 328-3263
Fax: (662) 327-3417
Website: www.lowndescountyport.com 
Email: jhardy@cldlink.org
Facilities: Dock and mooring cells, 100-ton crawler crane, 40-ton overhead bridge crane with covered two-barge berth unloading dock, conveyor, bulk hopper, rail and truck scales, 68,000 square-foot warehouse, and outdoor storage area with asphalt surface.
- Rail connection is Kansas City Southern with connections to CAGY, VN, Norfolk Southern, AGR.
- 250 bay (219,7600 sq. ft) paved container truck marshalling yard.
 
  Uses: Barge-truck-rail transfer of general commodities. Terminal operated by Logistics, Inc. For information on 160-acre industrial park/port complex, contact Lowndes County Port Authority.
  Waterfront sites for lease, will build to suit client.
Email: jhardy@cldlink.org
 
310.2 
Miles
Tom Soya Grain Co. 
Bigbee Valley, MS 
Phone: (205) 373-8741
  Facilities: Natural bank with steel pile dolphins and conveyors.
  Uses: Barge-truck-storage transfer of bulk commodities including fertilizer and grain. No rail connection.
 
308.0 
Miles
Pickens County Port 
Pickensville, AL 
Phone: (205) 373-8852
Facilities: Steel pile bulkhead dock with mooring cells, 100-ton mobile crane, fixed conveyor, front-end loader, 24,000 square-foot warehouse, and outdoor storage area with crushed stone surface.
  Uses: General freight transfer including grain, gypsum, potash, coal, cement, and wood products. Burlington Northern rail connection. Contact Pickens County Port Authority, Carrollton, AL.
 
292.7 Miles Aliceville River Terminal 
Aliceville, AL 
Phone: (205) 373-8761
Operated by Tom Soyal Grain Company with 20 acres open storage.
insert8s.gif (23005 bytes) Facilities: Bulkhead dock, 100-ton mobile crane, conveyor, and outdoor storage area with crushed stone surface.
  Uses: Barge-truck transfer of grain and logs. No rail connection. Operated by Tom Soya Grain Co.

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292.4 Miles Bevill-Hook Port 
Aliceville, AL 
Phone: (205) 373-6611
Uses: Operated by Cooper Marine.
insert9s.gif (17696 bytes) Facilities: Bulkhead, wood storage yard, and crane. Stowage capacity for 20 barges.
  Uses: Operated by Pickensville Woodyard. Additional facilities and industrial park planned for future. General freight transfer including wood products. No rail connection. For industrial park information, contact Aliceville Industrial Development Board, Aliceville, AL (205) 373-6354.
 
259.5 Miles Crossroads of America Port 
Boligee, AL 
Phone: (205) 372-9769
Facilities: Sheet pile dock, two mooring cells, fixed crane, and outdoor storage area with asphalt surface.
  Uses: General freight transfer including logs and wood products. Burlington Northern rail connection. Contact Greene County Economic and Industrial Board.
 
247.0 Miles Port of Epes 
Epes, AL 
Phone: (205) 652-9303
Facilities: Existing facilities include general cargo dock with equipment available as required. Outdoor storage area.
  Uses: Industrial park under development with additional facilities planned. General freight transfer including aggregates and wood products. Nor rail connection. Contact Industrial Board of Sumter County, Livingston, AL.
 
 

Tennessee River Ports 
 
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1.7 Miles Paducah/McCracken County Riverport Authority Paducah, KY - Phone: (270) 442-9326
pads.gif (23427 bytes) Facilities: Bulk and General Cargo Docks, Covered and open storage, mooring cells, storage tanks.
  Uses: Barge-rail and barge-truck transfer of bulk and general cargo products. PAL rail connections.
 
14.1 Miles E. M. Bailey Distributing Co. 
Calvert City, KY - Phone: (270) 442-4306
  Facilities: Harbor slip with crane, conveyor, mooring cells, dolphins, and onshore storage bins.
  Uses: Receipt of semi-finished steel and metal products and truck-barge transfer of coal and grain products. No rail connection but PAL Railway nearby.
 
100.3 Miles Herbert Sangravl, Co., Inc. 
New Johnsonville, TN
Phone: (931) 535-2196
Fax (931) 535-3141
Email: sangravl@waverly.net
  Facilities: Mooring cells, loading ramp, crane, hopper, conveyors, screening plant, and open storage.
  Uses: General freight transfer. Barge-storage sand and gravel and barge-rail metal and ore transfer. CSX rail connection.
 
 
174 Miles Hunter Marine Transportation Inc. 
Nashville, TN - Phone: (615) 356 - 5168
  Facilities: 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse, 17 acres open storage, cranes to 150 tons and barge, rail, or truck loading and unloading.
  Uses: Dry bulk, steel, coke, salt, stone, and equipment: csx rail connection
 
 
180.1 Miles Hailey's Harbor River Transportation Terminal 
Nashville, TN - Phone (615) 242 - 8435
  Facilities: 50 acres of open storage, 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse, cranes up to 150 Tons, 6 - yrd bucket,
  Uses: Steel, coal, and all dry bulk and general commodities
 
 
190 Miles Cherokee Marine Terminal 
Nashville, TN - Phone: (615) 255 - 2530
Contact: Terri Graves
P. O. box 70128
Nashville, TN  37207
  Facilities: 110,000 Sq;. Ft. Warehouse. 26 acres of open storage. Cranes up to 150 tons
  Uses: Steel, & Steel Products
CSX rail connection

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207.7 Miles Hardin County Port Authority 
Counce, TN - Phone: (731) 689-3111
  Facilities: Wharf, mooring dolphins, and storage area.
  Uses: Not in use. Formerly used for general freight transfer and truck-barge transfer of pulpwood. No rail connection.
 
215.1 Miles Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority 
Near Iuka, MS - Phone: (662) 423-6088
  Facilities: Dock, mooring cells, mobile crane, mobile conveyor, railroad track mobile, and storage for 14 barges. Humidity control warehouse and truck scales.
  Uses: Primary terminal. At mile 2.6L Yellow Creek. General freight transfer including iron and steel. Tenn-Rail rail connection.
 
215.1 Miles Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority 
Near Iuka, MS - Phone: (662) 423-6088
Facilities: Dock and mooring cells.
Uses: Secondary terminal. Served by same mobile equipment as primary terminal.
 
256.6 Miles

Port of Florence
Florence-Lauderdale County
Port Authority
 

Phone: (256) 767-5388
FAX: (256) 2871
Toll free: 866.631.2566
P. O. Box 1169, Florence, AL
www.portofflorence.org
www.tnsou.com
(Tennessee Southern Railroad Company)

General description: A landlord port leasing land, buildings, equipment, and docks to businesses. A public dock facility is available for general public use and land is available for lease and/or outside storage. Contact the Port Authority for further information on how your transportation requirements can be met.
  Facilities: 40 ton bridge crane, mobile cranes, fleeting, warehouse, outside storage, scales, conveyors, and lighted public dock with dump chute.
  Uses: Tennessee Southern Railroad Company rail service connecting north Florence Industrial Park and northward to connections with CSX Railroad, Muscle Shoals Marine Service providing tugs, and fleeting & cleaning services. General freight transfer (and storage) including steel, aluminum, coal, fertilizer, minerals, and so forth. Multi-modal transportation facility serving businesses in north Alabama and south central Tennessee.
Strategic central location in southeast U.S. – two hours to Nashville, Birmingham, Memphis, four hours to Atlanta.

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299.0 Miles Mallard-Fox Creek River Port 
Decatur, AL - Phone: (256) 353-4553
Malfoxs.gif (18574 bytes) Facilities: Dock, mooring cells, pipeline, crane and forklift.
  Uses: Barge-rail and truck transfer of general cargo. Operated by Global Materials Services.
 
301.4 Miles Decatur/Morgan County Port Authority-A 
Decatur, AL - Phone: (256) 355-7558
Facilities: Concrete dock, mooring dolphins, warehouse, pipeline, and storage tank.
  Uses: General freight transfer. Operated by Kinder Morgan Terminals.
 
358.8 Miles Port of Guntersville (ACBL) 
Bulk Handling Terminal 
Guntersville, AL - Phone: (256) 582-3297
  Facilities: Dock, mooring cells, mobile crane, clam buckets, magnet, and outdoor storage area.
  Uses: At mile 1.0L Big Spring Creek. General bulk freight transfer, including coal, coke, iron ore, and scrap iron. CSX rail connection.
 
403.0 Miles North Alabama Shipping and Mining Company 
Lower Stevenson Dock 
Stevenson, AL - Phone: (256) 632-3462
  Facilities: Mooring cells, ramps, and outdoor storage.
  Uses: Truck-barge transfer of coal and general commodities. Owned by Inman Enterprises, Inc. No rail connection.
 
413.6 Miles Alabama State Docks Dept. 
Bridgeport, AL - Phone: (256) 495-6214
  Facilities: Loading ramp and mooring cells.
  Uses: General freight transfer including ferrosilicon alloys. Operated by TAC Alloys. No rail connection but CSX nearby.
 
424.0 Miles Port of Nickajack 
Near New Hope and South Pittsburg, TN - Phone: (423) 841-0171
  Facilities: Dock, mooring cells, crane, knuckleboom loader, and front-end loader.
  Uses: General freight transfer. No rail connection but CSX nearby. Operated by Parker Towing.

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456.1 Miles Mid-South Terminals 
Address 100 Hamm Road
Chattanooga, TN 37405
Phone: (423) 266-1855
Contact: Pete Serodino
  Facilities: Loading docks, mooring cells, and cranes.
  Uses: General freight transfer. NS rail connection. Operated by Serodino, Inc.
 
463.8 Miles JIT Chemical Corporation 
Chattanooga, TN - Phone: (423) 266-4888
Facilities: Docking barge, mooring cells, crane, pipelines, storage tank, and steam.
  Uses: Barge-truck liquid product transfer. NS rail connection.
 
603.0 Miles Tellico Public Use Terminal 
Near Vonore, TN 
(Little Texas River) - Phone: (423) 523-6157
  Facilities: Dock, mooring cells, mobile crane, and outdoor storage area.
  Uses:At mile 0.4R French Broad River. General freight transfer including truck-barge limestone and barge-storage-truck salt transfer. No rail connection
 
652.5 Miles

Burkhart Enterprises 
Knoxville, TN - Phone: (865)523-6157
                                      1-800-951-0907
P. O. Box 6131, Knoxville, TN 37914

  Facilities: Docking cells, mooring cell, 100-ton mobile crane, truck scales, front-end loaders, rail connection and storage area.
  Uses:At mile 0.4R French Broad River. General freight transfer including truck-barge limestone and barge-storage-truck salt transfer. Our rail transfer facility can handle up to 16 cars at a time, and we also have warehouse storage on-site.
Updated information on our facility can be accessed at www.burkhartenterprises.com
 

 

Cumberland River Ports 
 

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43.6 (Lake Barkley)-10 miles from canal connecting Barkley and Kentucky Lakes Lyon County 
978 Port Authority Road 
Eddyville, KY - Phone: (270) 388-9671
  Facilities: Bulk facilities for handling grain, two grain storage bins , grain dryer, limestone, salt, sand, coke, and fertilizer storage. Crane services available.
  Uses: Thirty-two acre public port tract with nine acres of ground storage. @,200 feet of waterfront storage. Industrial tract comprising 117 acres, immediately adjacent to the port.