Johnston Terminal Muskogee is strategically located at the confluence of the Arkansas, Grand, and Verdigris Rivers in the Port of Muskogee. There is a foreign trade zone available to our customers. The Port has excellent rail access, as well as convenient access to two major highways: to the north and south, the Muskogee Turnpike; and to the east and west, I-40.

For year round shippers of steel, bulk commodities, or raw products, ice-free Johnston Terminal Muskogee offers major advantages in material logistics control including decades of leadership experience in tailoring all capabilities and available resources to our customers' scheduling, equipment, and operational needs. The Terminal has extensive capabilities for barge, rail and truck shipping and receiving of commodities. Johnston Terminal Muskogee handles large volumes of bulk and break bulk commodities, including containers, steel pipe, coil, plate, beam, sand, salt, coal, coke, fertilizer, grain, paper, scrap, glass and ore.

Handling Services and Equipment

• The Port's designated railroad switching service, operating switch engines on three miles of working track and three miles of storage track
• Harbor service with 1,200 horsepower towboat and ample fleeting and staging areas for 75 barges
• One 35 ton and two 10 ton overhead cranes
• One 60 ton crane
• 6000 link belt excavatior with 13 ½ yd. hydraulic clam shell bucket and 55' boom
• Multiple transfer capabilities which include, barge to rail or truck, rail to barge or truck, truck to barge or rail with scales up to 200 ton capacity
• Four forklifts up to 33,000 pounds
• Four front-end leaders (2 - 7 yards)
• Track excavator for unloading bulk commodities from rail
• Screening system
• Barge cleaning and topwater repair
• Two drop chutes
• Scrap handling magnet

Storage Capacities

For steel or bulk materials requiring inside or outside storage, Muskogee offers:

• 18,000 square foot heated transit shed with sprinkler system
• 76,000 square foot storage warehouse with overhead cranes
• 8400 sq. ft. storage building for Zircon sand
• 20,000 ton open storage on concrete
• 39 acres of open storage

Paragon Industries also occupies a 20000 sq. ft. building on the property that houses a state of the art steel coil facility that is capable of slitting coils up to 72" wide and ½" thick.

Johnston’s Port 33 and Johnston Terminal Muskogee continue to expand as more shippers discover the economics of water transportation. This discovery, combined with Johnston’s facilities and commitment to customer satisfaction will continue to provide
growth opportunities.