The port serves
South Texas and, via rail connections, much of northeast Mexico including the large industrial city of
Monterrey in
Nuevo León state. The Port of Brownsville is governed by the
Brownsville Navigation District, a political subdivision of the State of Texas. The District is guided by an elected Board of Commissioners that establishes the policies, rules, rates and regulations of the Port and approves all contractual obligations. , the Port also features an export terminal for
liquid natural gas under construction,
Rio Grande LNG, with a competing LNG export terminal, the
Texas LNG project, planned to commence construction in the near future. ==See also==