Waterway Systems
Mississippi River System
Port Map

The ports and harbors situated on the Mississippi River System are displayed on the map below. Ports are grouped and color coded by waterway.

Use the Port Index link on the left side menu to view an alphabetical list, by country, of the ports on the Mississippi River System.

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The table below is a list of the ports displayed on the Mississippi River System map. Ports are grouped and color coded by waterway.

* indicates the port has a World Port Source review.

Waterway Sequence Port Location Port Name
Mississippi River   1   Ostrica   Port of Ostrica *
Mississippi River   2   Plaquemines   Plaquemines Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District *
Mississippi River   3   Bellevue   Port of Bellevue *
Mississippi River   4   Alliance   Port of Alliance *
Mississippi River   5   Chalmette   St. Bernard Port *
Mississippi River   6   Gretna   Port of Gretna *
Mississippi River   7   New Orleans   Port of New Orleans *
Mississippi River   8   Avondale   Port of Avondale
Mississippi River   9   Ama   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   10   St Rose   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   11   Destrehan   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   12   Norco   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   13   La Place   Port of South Louisiana *
Mississippi River   14   Reserve   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   15   Garyville   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   16   Gramercy   Port of Gramercy *
Mississippi River   17   Paulina   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   18   Convent   Port of South Louisiana
Mississippi River   19   Burnside   Port of Burnside *
Mississippi River   20   Geismar   Port of Geismar *
Mississippi River   21   Baton Rouge   Port of Greater Baton Rouge *
Mississippi River   22   Natchez   Natchez Adams County Port
Mississippi River   23   Claiborne   Port of Claiborne County
Mississippi River   24   Vicksburg   Port of Vicksburg *
Mississippi River   25   Greenville   Port of Greenville *
Mississippi River   26   Rosedale   Port of Rosedale
Mississippi River   27   Memphis   Port of Memphis *
Mississippi River   28   Caruthersville   Pemiscot County Port
Mississippi River   29   New Madrid   New Madrid County Port *
Mississippi River   30   Dorena   Port of Mississippi County
Mississippi River   31   Scott City   Southeast Missouri Regional Port *
Mississippi River   32   Saint Louis   Port of Metropolitan St. Louis *
Mississippi River   33   Granite City   Port of Granite City *
Mississippi River   34   Hannibal   Port of Hannibal
Mississippi River   35   West Quincy   Port of West Quincy
Mississippi River   36   Quincy   Port of Quincy *
Mississippi River   37   Keokuk   Port of Keokuk *
Mississippi River   38   Burlington   Port of Burlington *
Mississippi River   39   Dubuque   Port of Dubuque
Mississippi River   40   Saint Paul   Port of Saint Paul *
Mississippi River   41   Minneapolis   Port of Minneapolis *
Mississippi River Delta   1   Sabine Pass   Port of Sabine Pass
Mississippi River Delta   2   Port Arthur   Port of Port Arthur *
Mississippi River Delta   3   Atreco   Port of Atreco *
Mississippi River Delta   4   Port Neches   Port Neches
Mississippi River Delta   5   Nederland   Sun Marine Terminals *
Mississippi River Delta   6   Beaumont   Port of Beaumont *
Mississippi River Delta   7   Orange   Port of Orange *
Mississippi River Delta   8   Lake Charles   Port of Lake Charles *
Mississippi River Delta   9   Krotz Springs   Port of Krotz Springs *
Mississippi River Delta   10   New Iberia   Port of Iberia *
Mississippi River Delta   11   Morgan City   Port of Morgan City *
Mississippi River Delta   12   Houma   Port of Terrebonne *
Mississippi River Delta   13   Port Fourchon   Port Fourchon *
Mississippi River Delta   14   Metairie   LOOP Terminal
Mississippi River Delta   15   Bienville   Port Bienville Industrial Park *
Yazoo River   1   Yazoo   Yazoo County Port
Red River   1   Shreveport   Port of Shreveport-Bossier *
Arkansas River   1   Little Rock   Port of Little Rock *
Arkansas River   2   Fort Smith   Port of Fort Smith
Arkansas River   3   Muskogee   Port of Muskogee *
Ohio River   1   Mount Vernon   Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon
Ohio River   2   Henderson   Henderson County Riverport
Ohio River   3   Evansville   Port of Evansville *
Ohio River   4   Owensboro   Owensboro Riverport *
Ohio River   5   Louisville   Jefferson Riverport *
Ohio River   6   Jeffersonville   Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville *
Ohio River   7   Cincinnati   Port of Cincinnati *
Ohio River   8   Wurtland   Wurtland Riverport
Ohio River   9   Pittsburgh   Port of Pittsburgh *
Missouri River   1   Boonville   Howard/Cooper County Port
Missouri River   2   Kansas City   Port of Kansas City *
Missouri River   3   St. Joseph   Port of St. Joseph
Illinois River   1   Beardstown   Port of Beardstown *
Illinois River   2   Peoria   Port of Peoria *
Illinois River   3   Channahon   Port of Channahon *
Illinois River   4   Joliet   Port of Joliet *
Illinois River   5   Lemont   Port of Lemont *
Verdigris River   1   Tulsa   Tulsa Port of Catoosa *
Tennessee River   1   Paducah   Paducah-McCracken Riverport *
Tennessee River   2   New Johnsonville   Port of New Johnsonville
Tennessee River   3   Yellow Creek   Yellow Creek Port
Tennessee River   4   Florence   Port of Florence
Tennessee River   5   Decatur   Port of Decatur
Tennessee River   6   Guntersville   Port of Guntersville *
Tennessee River   7   Bridgeport   Port of Bridgeport
Tennessee River   8   Chattanooga   Port of Chattanooga
Tennessee River   9   Knoxville   Port of Knoxville
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   1   Epes   Port of Epes
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   2   Boligee   Crossroads of America Port
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   3   Aliceville   Bevill-Hook Port
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   4   Pickensville   Pickens County Port
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   5   Lowndes   Lowndes County Port
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   6   West Point   Port of Clay County
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   7   Aberdeen   City of Aberdeen Port
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   8   Amory   Port of Amory
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   9   Itawamba   Port Itawamba
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway   10   Yellow Creek   Yellow Creek Port
Cumberland River   1   Eddyville   Eddyville Riverport
Cumberland River   2   Nashville   Port of Nashville *