The City Docks is 34 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is connected to the Gulf by the Calcasieu Ship Channel. 

The City Docks contains the general cargo facilities and the Lake Charles Public Grain Elevator and a vegetable oil packaging plant.

General cargo facilities include 11 transit sheds, an open cargo berth and 13 ships berth that can accommodate 12 ships simultaneously with more than 1.3 million square feet of transit sheds.

Berths 1-10 have a project depth of 35 feet, berths 15 and 15Bea have a 40-foot project depth.  Open berth No. 8 can accommodate shipments of steel, logs, machinery, project cargo and heavy equipment. 

The District owns 600,000 square feet of warehousing behind the waterfront. These warehouses have concrete floors and are accessible by rail and truck. 

The City Docks is located in Foreign Trade Zone 87.

City Docks has 22 acres of open space available for containers and bulk cargoes. The height of the dock at MLW is 14 feet.