Shipping from Arkansas and Oklahoma to Ports of the World

If you have never shipped by waterway before, the Oklahoma Department of 
Transportation Waterways Office and the Marketing Division of the Arkansas Economic 
Development Commission will be happy to work with your company and its needs. 
Many companies interested in shipping by water will have a traffic department and be 
knowledgeable about inter-modal transportation facilities, rates, schedules and similar 
matters.

For the new shipper, an understanding of charges and freight rates will help make 
transportation by water much easier. Common carriers are certified to serve the 
McClellan-Kerr, providing service to all points on the inland waterways system and 
the intercoastal canal. Any of these barge operators can provide rate information and make 
arrangements for shipment by water.

If a shipper does not have its own loading or unloading facilities, a general purpose or 
public terminal at point of origin or destination may be contacted for rates and 
arrangements to handle shipments. Normally, there is a charge on each end - one for loading 
services and one for unloading services. These charges are in addition to the charges by 
the barge line.

If a shipper desires to export its product, a list of freight rates, services and charges 
which are peculiar to ocean shipping may be obtained from an appropriate steamship line, 
steamship conference, or an independent ocean freight forwarder. The freight forwarder 
will perform, on behalf of the exporter, one or more of the following:

      . provide cost quotations and assist new exporters in learning procedures;

      . arrange for packing, space, and deliveries;

      . arrange for cargo insurance; and

      . prepare export license applications, ocean bills of lading, consular documents, cargo
        invoices, and distribute documents.

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Updated/Reviewed: 28 Apr 2010