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The '''Port of Muskogee''', rebranded as '''Port Muskogee''' in January 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/business/local/business-briefs-port-muskogee-announces-brand-campaign-to-enhance-continuing-investment/article_efa127c8-9829-11ed-9c90-f749d27f0a71.html |title=Business Briefs: Port Muskogee announces brand campaign to enhance continuing investment|publisher=Rhett Morgan, Tulsa World, January 28, 2023|accessdate=January 29, 2023}}</ref> is a regional [[inland port]], located on the [[McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System]] in [[Muskogee County, Oklahoma]], in the United States. It is a [[Multimodal transport|multi-modal]] local hub for the [[transport]] of goods via [[Road transport|trucks]], [[Rail transport|railroad]], and [[barge]]s on the [[Arkansas River]]. It is one of the farthest inland, ice-freeports year-round,in the [[United States]] ports that remains ice-free year-round and can access the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It is located near the confluence of the [[Arkansas River]], [[Grand River (Oklahoma)|Grand River]] and [[Verdigris River]] in Oklahoma,{{efn|This confluence was historically named '''Three Rivers''', and the area around it is still known by that name.<ref name="EOHC-MuskogeePort">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PO033 Hightower. Michael J. "Port of Muskogee."] Accessed May 30, 2017.</ref>}} at River Mile 393.8 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System,.<ref>[http://www.muskogeeport.com/index.php/facilities_services/overview/ "Port Overview: Port of Muskogee."2017.] Accessed May 30, 2017</ref>
 
==Port traffic==
In 2011, the port served 550 barges carrying over {{convert|835000|ST|MT}} of cargo.{{efn|Each standard barge has a capacity of {{convert|1500|ST|MT}}, equivalent to the capacity of 15 railroad cars or 60 trucks.<ref name= "EOHC-WPS"/>}} The largest inbound commodities were [[nepheline syenite]], clay, steel, fertilizer, coke and sand.<ref name="EOHC-WPS">[http://www.worldportsource.com/ports/commerce/USA_OK_Port_of_Muskogee_1616.php "Port of Muskogee: Port Commerce." World Port Commerce. 2017]. Accessed May 31, 2017.</ref> Other inbound cargoes brought to the Port of Muskogee by barge in 2011 included molasses, [[rebar]], iron ore, feed products, cookie meal, asphalt, glass cullet, and granite fines. In 2011, cargoes leaving the Port of Muskogee by barge included coke, fly ash, and steel.<ref name="EOHC-WPS"/>
 
The port reported that in 2014, it had handled 3,564 railcars carrying {{convert|309841|ST|MT}} of cargo<ref name="Rail Tonnage">[http://www.muskogeeport.com/index.php/railcar_tonnage "Port of Muskogee Railcar Tonnage." Muskogee, Oklahoma. 2017.] Accessed June 14, 2017.</ref> and 459 barges carrying {{convert|688802|ST|MT}}.<ref name = "BargeTonnage">[http://www.muskogeeport.com/index.php/barge_tonnage "Port of Muskogee Barge Tonnage." Muskogee, Oklahoma. 2017.] Accessed June 14, 2017.</ref> For 2015, it reported serving 2,210 railcars hauling {{convert|205154|ST|MT}} of cargo<ref name="Rail Tonnage"/> and 452 barges with totalling {{convert|688802|ST|MT}} cargo .<ref name = "BargeTonnage"/>
 
==Muskogee City-County Port Authority==
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==Facilities==
The port includes a concrete wharf that is {{convert|350|feet|m}} long and twenty [[Dolphin (structure)|mooring dolphins]] that line another {{convert|3000|feet|m}} of the waterfront.<ref name="EOHC-WPS"/>
 
==Tenants==
In January 2024, a battery grade lithium products manufacturer announced it would build a lithium refinery at the Port.<ref name=Refinery>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-regional/manufacturer-of-lithium-products-announces-refinery-for-muskogee/article_bbf16360-b0d9-11ee-a21f-cbd950ec09f8.html |title=Manufacturer of lithium products announces refinery for Muskogee|publisher=Tulsa World, January 12. 2024|accessdate=January 15, 2024}}</ref> The groundbreaking is expected in the first half of 2024 and the company's total expected investment should be over a billion dollars.<ref name=Refinery/>
 
==Port of Muskogee Railroad==
The Port of Muskogee Railroad (reporting mark: PMR)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/occ/documents/tr/railroadcontactlist-7-23-2020.pdf |title=Railroad Contacts|publisher=State of Oklahoma|accessdate=August 25, 2021}}</ref> provides daily service over 5.5 miles of tracks to port industries for Class 1 interchange, cargo transfer and storage.<ref name=Rails>{{cite web|url= https://www.muskogeedevelopment.org/transportation-2/ |title=Transportation|publisher=MuskogeeDevelopment.org|accessdate=August 25, 2021}}</ref> Both the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] and [[BNSF Railway]] offer mainline service to the port.<ref name=Rails/>
 
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.muskogeeport.com/ Official website]▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013411/http://www.library.okstate.edu/okmaps/ Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory]
▲*[httphttps://www.muskogeeportportmuskogee.com/ Official Port Muskogee website]
 
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