The Little Rock Port Terminal is located at Mile 112.8 on the right descending bank of the Arkansas River. It is located just south of the I-440 bridge, and has excellent access to interstate highways, which connects to both Interstate Highways 30 and 40. It also has excellent access to rail and barge service.
Its location on the Arkansas River (a part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System) allows the terminal to offer its customers a cost effective method of transporting cargo by barge. The Little Rock facility provides water access to cargo heading both west and east on the Arkansas River. The navigable headwaters of the river start at Mile 448 in the Tulsa/Catoosa area, and end at Mile 0 just north of Rosedale, Mississippi, which is located at Lower Mile 589 on the Mississippi River.
The Port of Little Rock has a 1500 acre industrial park, one of the larger industrial parks in Arkansas. It also maintains its own railroad, Slackwater Harbor, and an important feature of the Port is Foreign Trade Zone 14.
Location
The Port of Little Rock is a unique intermodal transportation center. It is located approximately seven miles east of downtown Little Rock along the banks of the Arkansas River. The Port is adjacent to I-440 which connects I-30 and I-40. The Port is also less than one mile from Little Rock National Airport.
Little Rock Port Terminal
- Cargo Lift Capacity: 50 tons
- Bulk Handling Capacity
>Inbound: 200 tons/hour
>Outbound: 350 tons/hour
- Industrial Harbor: 4500 feet long; 320 feet wide, 15 feet deep
- Slackwater Harbor: 190 ft Dock; Water front acreage
- Storage
>Inside: 134,000 square feet
>Outside: 15 acres
- Truck and Rail Scales
- Roll On/Roll Off Ramp
- COFC Lift Capacity
- Chemical and Grain Packaging from Rail, Truck, or Barge
*Little Rock Port Railroad
- Serves 40 major industries in Port Industrial Park
- Switches approximately 5500 railroad cars per year
- Provides service for 60% of cargo handled through the river terminal
- Over twelve miles of track on the main line
*Trucking
- The alignment of Interstate 440 gives the port access by expressway to Interstate 30 and Interstate 40.
*Connections
- Throughout the United States (East Coast markets less than 24 hours by truck)
- Deep water ports along the Gulf coast for export of products worldwide
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