St. Louis regional ports and the St. Louis Regional Freightway are jointly supporting the Port of New Orleans’ efforts to strengthen the flow of inland river cargo with the development… Read More
Ports & Terminals
A year after the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) received a nearly $515,000 Port Security Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the port was recently awarded another… Read More
A state grant announced in July will help the Henderson County Riverport Authority to replace and upgrade its dry fertilizer scale. Announced in July, the Kentucky Riverport Improvement (KRI) grant,… Read More
Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals, Inc. will host its annual conference September 19-21 in Louisville, Ky. All activities other than special outings will take place at the Hyatt Regency, 320… Read More
By James A. Kearns III Jones Walker LP As previously reported by The Waterways Journal, the Capital Construction Fund (CCF) program of the Maritime Administration was recently amended to make… Read More
A port project planned for near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in Cairo, Ill., is taking another step forward with a contract in place for environmental studies… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority is moving forward with implementing a $3.32 million grant from U.S. Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). MarAd announced the PIDP grant in December… Read More
The board of commissioners of the Port of Corpus Christi voted in a special meeting September 6 to name the port’s chief financial officer Kent Britton as the permanent CEO. Read More
The board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans voted unanimously at the board’s August 24 meeting to authorize Brandy Christian, the port’s president and CEO, to officially accept… Read More
After first unveiling plans in January to purchase the former Avondale Shipyard on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish from T. Parker Host (Host), the Port… Read More
