{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Port Of Memphis","identifier":"US MEM","unlocode":"US MEM","city":null,"country":"United States","waterBody":"Mississippi River","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":3.4,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":35.066667,"longitude":-90.166667},"description":"Unlike the deep-water seaports its UN/LOCODE might suggest, Memphis is an inland river port — the fourth-largest in the United States and the second-largest on the shallow-draught upper Mississippi. Cargo moves by barge rather than ocean vessel, with petroleum, coal, agricultural and food products, crude materials and chemicals forming the core commodity mix; waterborne traffic reached about 8.2 million short tons in 2022. Presidents Island and the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park host close to ","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/memphis-port-us-mem","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/memphis-port-us-mem","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Port Of Memphis · (UN/LOCODE: US MEM) · United States · Small · 3.4 m"}