# LR Port Authority # Last Modification Date: Nov 20, 2025 # LR Port Authority !\[LR Port Authority\](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/254997434\_257769413046514\_4351910749788086567\_n.png) ## Bryan Day ##### Executive Director \*\*Address:\*\* 10600 Industrial Harbor Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72206 \*\*Phone:\*\* \[501-490-1468\](tel:501-490-1468) \*\*Toll-free:\*\* N/A \*\*Fax:\*\* N/A \*\*Email:\*\* \*\*Website:\*\* \[www.lrportauthority.com\](http://www.lrportauthority.com) \*\*Social Profiles:\*\* \[Facebook\](https://www.facebook.com/LRPortAuthority/.md) | \[Twitter\](https://twitter.com/littlerockport?lang=en) | \[LinkedIn\](https://www.linkedin.com/company/little-rock-port-authority/about/.md) ## About - LR Port Authority America’s Best Connected Inland Port Located at the Port of Little Rock, the Little Rock Port Authority operates America’s Best Connected Inland Port by providing multi-faceted, international companies with seamless and nimble logistic channels from the heart of the United States. These business have limitless possibilities to access customers and new markets through multiple points of connectivity, including a flood-controlled, ice-free channel, major interstates, Class I railways and national runways. With our longstanding history as an economic development catalyst, the Little Rock Port Authority was organized in 1959 to oversee the Port of Little Rock and provide intermodal transportation services connecting U.S. markets and the deepwater ports of the Gulf of Mexico. Opened in 1971, the Port is part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, our nation’s farthest west inland waterway, which runs from the Mississippi River northwest to just east of Tulsa, Oklahoma. ## Image Gallery ![Blue Port Trains](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/Blue%20Port%20trains-5183%20retouched1.jpg) ![Downtown Barges](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/Downtown%20Barges-5559-1.jpg) ![LR Port Authority](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/482301178_1047213427435438_6540321800373631182_n.jpg) [ +2 ![LR Port Authority](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/118615680_1214130855609678_69510415999745943_n.jpg) ](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/118615680_1214130855609678_69510415999745943_n.jpg) ![LR Port Authority](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/aerial_port_lowres1.jpg) ![LR Port Authority](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/LR.jpg) ## Targeted Industries - Food & Agriculture Related - Logistics, Warehousing & Distribution - Manufacturing - Metals ## Articles - ![U.S. Ports Remain Focused on Growth ](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/2025-09/dreamstime_xxl_30845921.jpg?itok=bMjVRZCN "U.S. Ports Remain Focused on Growth ") ### [U.S. Ports Remain Focused on Growth Despite Economic Softening](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/us-ports-remain-focused-growth-despite-economic-34994.md) Article Sep 25, 2025 | By: [Tracey Schelmetic](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/contact-us/tracey-schelmetic-16854.md) With U.S. trade in flux – exports remain strong, but imports have softened – analysts are still seei... - ![logistics](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/2024-02/dreamstimesmall_49033377.jpg?itok=14rf8unm "logistics") ### [AR: Total Quality Logistics Expands in Arkansas with New Little Rock Office](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/arkansas/news/ar-total-quality-logistics-expands-arkansas-new-32820.md) News Feb 21, 2024 Total Quality Logistics (TQL), the second-largest freight brokerage in North America and one of the largest global third-party logistics firms, is exp... - ![Ports](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/2022-03/dreamstimesmall_120824747.jpg?itok=XicTtlpe "Ports") ### [America's Ports and Depots Broaden Access to Markets](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/americas-ports-and-depots-broaden-access-markets-30140.md) Article Mar 28, 2022 | By: [Tracey Schelmetic](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/contact-us/tracey-schelmetic-16854.md) 2021 was in interesting year for the nation’s ports and depots. The pandemic led to a surge of goods... - ![Access to Markets Via the Nation’s Ports and Depots](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/trade_and_industry_development/nodes/2021/18469/SItes_Maryland.jpg?itok=AkpAs4DI "Access to Markets Via the Nation’s Ports and Depots") ### [Access to Markets Via the Nation’s Ports and Depots](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/access-markets-nations-ports-and-depots-18469.md) Article Sep 28, 2021 | By: [Tracey Schelmetic](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/contact-us/tracey-schelmetic-16854.md) In 2020, the U.S. imported goods valued at about 2.8 trillion from its international trading partner... - ![Logistics](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/2021-12/dreamstimesmall_149152671.jpg?itok=IF2X8Qn5 "Logistics") ### [Ports Move Goods - And the Economy](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/ports-move-goods-and-economy-16532.md) Article Mar 16, 2020 | By: [Jennifer Alten](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/tid-contributors/jennifer-alten-136.md) Ports are responsible for more than moving goods. They are also major engines that drive the influx ... - ![AR: HMS Mfg. Co. Chooses Little Rock for New Facility, to Hire 90](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/themes/custom/dnc_theme/images/default_img.jpg "AR: HMS Mfg. Co. Chooses Little Rock for New Facility, to Hire 90") ### [AR: HMS Mfg. Co. Chooses Little Rock for New Facility, to Hire 90](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/arkansas/news/ar-hms-mfg-co-chooses-little-rock-new-facility-15970.md) News Oct 31, 2019 HMS Mfg. Co. announced plans to open a new 550,000 sq. ft. injection molding facility in the Port of Little Rock, creating about 90 new jobs. - ![AR: Firearms Manufacturer CZ-USA Chooses Little Rock, to Create 565 Jobs](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/themes/custom/dnc_theme/images/default_img.jpg "AR: Firearms Manufacturer CZ-USA Chooses Little Rock, to Create 565 Jobs") ### [AR: Firearms Manufacturer CZ-USA Chooses Little Rock, to Create 565 Jobs](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/region/arkansas/news/ar-firearms-manufacturer-cz-usa-chooses-little-15240.md) News Apr 24, 2019 Firearms manufacturer CZ-USA announced plans to locate their North American headquarters and new manufacturing facility in Little Rock, creating 565 j... - ![Providing a Bridge to the World: Ports Mean Business](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/styles/featured_image_on_home/public/trade_and_industry_development/nodes/2017/13531/SP1.jpg?itok=Etk-MoHq "Providing a Bridge to the World: Ports Mean Business") ### [Providing a Bridge to the World: Ports Mean Business](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution/providing-bridge-world-ports-mean-business-13531.md) Article Dec 18, 2017 | By: [Jennifer Alten](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/tid-contributors/jennifer-alten-136.md) Get acquainted with some of the nation's great ports. They're responsible for products on shelves & ... ## Documents [ #### LRPA Brochure ](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/sites/tradeandindustrydev.com/files/2025-11/LRPA_English_brochure_7.19.pdf) ## Targeted Industries - [Food & Agriculture Related](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/category/trade-and-industry-development/industry/food-agriculture-related.md) - [Logistics, Warehousing & Distribution](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/category/trade-and-industry-development/industry/logistics-warehousing-distribution.md) - [Manufacturing](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/category/trade-and-industry-development/industry/manufacturing.md) - [Metals](https://www.tradeandindustrydev.com/category/trade-and-industry-development/industry/metals.md)