| The Port of Harlingen is a shallow draft barge port that provides efficient and economical transportation to points as close as Corpus Christi and as far as the Great Lakes. The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway provides over 1,300 miles of protected waterway. The Harlingen channel is maintained to a width of 125 feet and a depth of 12 feet and is supplied by the Arroyo Colorado, a fresh water river. Terminal docks and other facilities ease shipments into and out of The Port of Harlingen. Over 150 acres of on-and-off channel sites are available for industrial firms requiring economical transportation and attractive land lease rates. The port is also an important link in the comprehensive transportation network of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. |
| Port of Harlingen Authority |
| Exports 100% Sugar produced in the Rio Grande Valley |
| Imports 90% Fertilizer for South Texas Farmers |
| Imports 70% of the Refined Petroleom for South Texas |
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