Brownsville, Texas, USA

The Port of Brownsville provides the most efficient services to facilitate the international movement of goods between Mexico and the United States .  At the Port of Brownsville,  the land transportation of Mexico is linked with the Inland Waterway System of the United States.

Open since 1936, the Port of Brownsville is located at the southernmost tip of Texas at the end of a 17 mile (27 kilometers) channel that meets the Gulf of Mexico at the Brazos Santiago Pass. The City of Brownsville is 2 miles (3 kilometers) to the southwest, and lies adjacent to the Rio Grande River providing  a convenient gateway to Mexico.

The Port of Brownsville is a major center of industrial development with over 230 companies doing business here.

Activities include:

• construction of offshore drilling rigs
• ship repairing and dismantling
• steel fabrication, boat construction
• rail car rehabilitation
• LPG storage/distribution
• waste oil recovery
• bulk terminaling for miscellaneous liquids
• grain handling and storage

Adequate space is available for expansion of existing or addition of new industries.

The Port of Brownsville is governed by the Brownsville Navigation District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas.  The District is guided by an elected Board of Commissioners which establishes the policies, rules, rates and regulations of the Port and approves all contractual obligations.