[5][full citation needed] The port is the southern terminus of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

[1] On December 6, 2024, the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) held a ceremony commencing Phase 2 of the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Channel Improvement Project, which will deepen the Channel from 42ft to 52ft.

[6] The port serves South Texas and, via rail connections, much of northeast Mexico including the large industrial city of Monterrey in Nuevo León state.

The District is guided by an elected Board of Commissioners that establishes the policies, rules, rates and regulations of the Port and approves all contractual obligations.

[5] The largest category of cargo passing through the port is wind turbine components imported from other countries, which ship north by road and rail to the growing wind power industry in the United States and even as far as Alberta in Canada.