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Mobile Port Announces Record Container Growth, New Branding

January 14, 2022

New year, new branding, new website, new containerized cargo record. The Port of Mobile and its governing body, the Alabama Port Authority, rang in the new year with a series… Read More

Grant To Allow Construction Of New Pier At Tell City Port The Tell City River Port is operated by the Perry County Port Authority at Mile 727 on the Ohio River. The port currently unloads about 63 pig iron barges and about eight coal barges yearly but hopes to see an increase in business as a result of receiving a Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant. (Photo courtesy of Tell City River Port)

The Tell City River Port is operated by the Perry County Port Authority at Mile 727 on the Ohio River. The port currently unloads about 63 pig iron barges and about eight coal barges yearly but hopes to see an increase in business as a result of receiving a Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant. (Photo courtesy of Tell City River Port)

Grant To Allow Construction Of New Pier At Tell City Port

January 14, 2022

A $1.6 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant is aimed at building a new pier that will allow the Tell City River Port to increase its capabilities. Jared Kleemann,… Read More

Grant Benefits Paducah Port’s Commodity Yard, Modernization The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority recently received a $3.32 million MarAd PIDP grant that will allow the modernization of its bulk commodity yard over the next few years. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority recently received a $3.32 million MarAd PIDP grant that will allow the modernization of its bulk commodity yard over the next few years. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Grant Benefits Paducah Port’s Commodity Yard, Modernization

January 7, 2022

A $3.32 million U.S. Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant is projected to revitalize the port in Paducah, Ky., for years to come. “It will allow us not… Read More

Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Grants

January 7, 2022

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the award of more than $241 million from the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) Port Infrastructure Development Program grants December 23. (See Washington Waves for… Read More

Port Milwaukee Announces Discounts To Promote Sustainability

December 30, 2021

The Board of Harbor Commissioners unanimously approved Port Milwaukee’s new StewardSHIP sustainability initiative for vessels that have implemented emission reduction measures and other environmental improvements. The port’s newly approved 2022… Read More

Port NOLA Takes Delivery Of Four New Post-Panamax Gantry Cranes New cranes transiting the Mississippi River December 10 as they traveled to the Napoleon Ave. Container Terminal.

New cranes transiting the Mississippi River December 10 as they traveled to the Napoleon Ave. Container Terminal.

Port NOLA Takes Delivery Of Four New Post-Panamax Gantry Cranes

December 30, 2021

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards welcomed four new 100-foot-gauge container gantry cranes on December 10 to the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal at the Port of New Orleans, the culmination of… Read More

Venture Global Announces $10 Billion LNG Export Facility In Louisiana

December 10, 2021

Venture Global LNG and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced December 2 that the company will invest more than $10 billion to develop a fourth LNG export facility in the… Read More

Tallgrass Energy Cancels $2.5 Billion Plaquemines Parish Oil Terminal

December 6, 2021

A planned $2.5 billion oil terminal in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish was canceled after its developer, Tallgrass Energy, faced court challenges and protests following the uncovering of slave cemeteries on the… Read More

Federal Marine Terminals Repurposes Tenn-Tom Port Federal Marine Terminals Inc. has taken over the operation of Port Itawamba on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River at Mile 390.0. The company plans to refocus the port toward bulk and breakbulk cargoes. (Photo courtesy of Federal Marine Terminals Inc.)

Federal Marine Terminals Inc. has taken over the operation of Port Itawamba on the Tennessee-Tombigbee River at Mile 390.0. The company plans to refocus the port toward bulk and breakbulk cargoes. (Photo courtesy of Federal Marine Terminals Inc.)

Federal Marine Terminals Repurposes Tenn-Tom Port

December 3, 2021

With the operation of its first terminal on the inland waterways, Federal Marine Terminals Inc. (FMT) is refocusing the business plan for an existing port. FMT took over the operation… Read More

Dos Santos Provides High-Angle Conveyor For Floating Terminal Dos Santos International is providing its Sandwich high-angle conveyor system as part of the conversion of a floating terminal for carbon products into one for grain in New Orleans. The system is designed to use two facing conveyor belts to “hug” the grains while lifting them without spillage or damage. (Photo courtesy of Dos Santos International)

Dos Santos International is providing its Sandwich high-angle conveyor system as part of the conversion of a floating terminal for carbon products into one for grain in New Orleans. The system is designed to use two facing conveyor belts to “hug” the grains while lifting them without spillage or damage. (Photo courtesy of Dos Santos International)

Dos Santos Provides High-Angle Conveyor For Floating Terminal

November 30, 2021

Dos Santos International is providing a high-angle conveyor for a floating terminal on the Mississippi River. Cooper Consolidated’s floating transfer station in New Orleans, La., was originally designed for carbon… Read More