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Transportation

City Distance in Miles / Direction Drive Time
Atlanta, GA 423 miles / East 6 hours 25 minutes
Chicago, IL 818.7 miles / Northeast 12 hours 36 minutes
Dallas, TX 360.2 miles / Southwest 5 hours 32 minutes
Jackson, MS 45.5 / Southwest 47 minutes
Memphis, TN 246.1 miles / North 3 hours 47 minutes
New Orleans, LA 225.4 miles / South 3 hours 32 minutes
Baton Rouge, LA 160.8 miles / South 3 hours 8 minutes
Houston, TX 385.7 / Southwest 6 hours 56 minutes
Oklahoma City, MO 564.4 miles / 8 hours 39 minutes

Airports

Name/ ID Associated City and Distance Longest Runway length / Width Acres Control Tower
Vicksburg-Tallulah Airport Tallulah, LA 5,002′ x 100′ 240 No
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport Jackson, MS 53.0 8.500′ x 150′ 3,381 Yes
Vicksburg Municipal Airport Vicksburg, MS 5001′ x 100 ft. 120 No

Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Airport Master Records as posted on www.gcr1.com

Deep Water Ports

Name Distance Services
Port of Vicksburg 10 miles
  • Mississippi River Port
  • Trans-loading
  • Storage- 170,000 sq. ft. inside storage/ Up to 5 acres of  outside storage
  • Heavy life – crane and forklift
  • Truck scales with print out
  • 125T Crawler Crane
  • 15T overhead crane with covered area for barge handling
  • Large open air dock – can hold up to 2 barges
  • Covered dock for loading/unloading in bad weather
  • 35k lbs forklift
  • 80k lbs forklift
  • Three warehouse lift trucks
  • Shuttle Wagon for rail car moving
  • Two skid steers
  • One heavy lift front end loader (CAT 966)
  • Two medium lift front end loaders (Komatsu WA 200)
  • One loop track with a center cut through track
  • Can handle up to 30 rail cars per day
  • 1 acre concrete tarmac for loading / unloading rail cars
  • Rail to truck or truck to rail available
  • Barge to rail available
  • Storage to rail/rail to storage available
Port of Gulfport 201.3 miles
  • Deep – water seaport
  • Trucking
  • Warehousing
  • Bulk, break bulk and containerized cargo
  • vessel -to – vessel, vessel – to – rail or vessel -to – truck transfer
  • Multitude of barge lines and barge services
Port of Pascagoula 193.3 miles
  • Full service Deep water Port
  • Largest seaport in Mississippi
  • Handling cargo
  • 42 ft and 38 ft deep channels
  • Short distance to shipping lanes
  • Weather protected rail
  • Extremely competitive rates/flexible labor force

Parcel Carriers

Name Latest Drop-off Earliest Delivery
Fedex Drop Box Only 5:00 p.m. Pick-up Adams St.
behind Warren County Court House		 8:00 a.m.
Fedex Drop Box Hometown Medical
Outside 810 Bemont St		 8:00 a.m.
Fedex ShipSite 2170 Iowa Blvd 8:00 a.m.
Texaco Express Lube Drop Box Outside 2932 Clay Street 8:00 a.m.
Greyhound Package Express
(601)638-8389		 Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m.
Saturday – Sunday
5:00 p.m.
1295 Frontage Rd		 Monday – Saturday
7:00 a.m.
Sunday
1:00 p.m.
The UPS Store Latest Drop Off 5:30 p.m.
3412 Pemberton Square Blvd Ste 2		 8:00 a.m.
UPS Drop Boxes Only 5:15 p.m. Pick-up Adams St.
behind Warren County Court House		 8:00 a.m.
US Postal Service 5:00 p.m. / M-F Depends on service commitment
(Next Day, 2nd Day or 2nd Delivery Day)
and drop off time. Call local Post Office to determine
actual delivery time. (601) 636-1071

Rail Service

Name Director Main or Branch Short or National Nearest Inter-modal Facility
Kansas City Southern Railroad North-South Main National Canadian National Intermodal Center (Jackson, MS, New Orleans, La, Mobile, AL).
Vicksburg Southern Railroad East-West Short National Canadian National Intermodal Center (Jackson, MS, New Orleans, La, Mobile, AL).

Freight Carriers

Company Services / Terminal
Warren County Transportation 1103
Openwood Street Vicksburg, MS 39183
(601) 738-5565		 Trucking, Motor Freight
Cam 2 International
685 Haining Road
Vicksburg, MS
39180 (601) 636-4040		 Trucking, Motor Freight
Power Transport Service, LLC
695 Industrial Drive
Vicksburg, MS 39183
(601) 618-5642		 Trucking heavy machinery
Collins Trucking
2119 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180
(601)638-6755		 Trucking
Biedenham Moving & Storage
4845 Highway 61 South Vicksburg, MS 39180
(601)636-9452		 Moving Equipment & Storage
U-Haul Co, Vicksburg
2209 Washington Street (601) 636-5617 1661
N. Frontage Rd (601) 629-4043		 Moving Equipment & Supplies Rental
Truck & Tractor Renting
UPS Freight
3412 Pemberton Square Blvd. Ste. 2
Vicksburg, MS 39180
(601) 634-8020 & 1026Hwy 61 North
Vicksburg, MS 39183
(800) 742-5877		 Ground
Air
Packaging Supplies and Services
UPS Returns
Ergon Trucking, Inc.
2125 Haining Road
Vicksburg, MS
(601) 636-3200		 Trucking, Motor Freight
Jordan Logistics
106 Grey Oaks Lane
Vicksburg, MS
(601) 883-7700		 Logistics Freight
Ergon Trucking
697 Haining Road
(601) 636-3200		 Trucking Motor Freight
Magnolia Marine Transport Co.
697 Haining Road
Vicksburg, MS
(601)638-5921		 Barge Freight Carrier
Trucking Cold Storage
Penske Truck Rental
1621 Walnut Street
(601) 638-5800		 Trucking, long-haul

 

Sources: Respective websites (updated September 2016)