Water

Jackson industries transporting freight via water are within a two-hour drive of three major river ports. The International Port of Memphis, the second largest inland port on the shallow draft portion of the Mississippi River and the 4th largest inland port in the United States, is just 80 miles from Jackson. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, is a connecting link between established water transportation routes is just 160 miles from Jackson. Currently in its construction phase, The Port of Cates Landing is located in nearby Lake County. The port, which is the only developable site on the Mississippi River above the 100-year flood plain between Memphis, TN and Cairo, IL is scheduled for completion in late 2008.