It is a multi-modal local hub for the transport of goods via trucks, railroad, and barges on the Arkansas River.

It is one of the farthest inland ports in the United States that remains ice-free year-round and can access the Gulf of Mexico.

[b] The largest inbound commodities were nepheline syenite, clay, steel, fertilizer, coke and sand.

[4] Other inbound cargoes brought to the Port of Muskogee by barge in 2011 included molasses, rebar, iron ore, feed products, cookie meal, asphalt, glass cullet, and granite fines.

[7] The initial production line will produce up to 25,000 metric tons of battery-grade lithium per year, with a projected second phase doubling that capacity.