Brandy Christian, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award November 18… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Activity at the Tulsa Ports (formerly known as the Tulsa Port of Catoosa) is steadily increasing. In June alone, it reported a record-setting month of barge shipments of 236,249 tons… Read More
Nucor Corporation broke ground on its 400-job, $1.7 billion steel plate manufacturing mill October 23 along the Ohio River in Brandenburg, Ky. The plant is expected to employ an average… Read More
The U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Economic Development Administration (EDA), has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the University of West Alabama, located in Livingston, Ala., to boost barge… Read More
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a fertilizer company based in Vancouver, Canada, announced November 3 that it has agreed to buy a granulation facility and terminal on the Mississippi River… Read More
The Kaskaskia Regional Port District is being featured on an episode of the television show “World’s Greatest!” on November 2 and November 9. Ranking as the 10th largest inland port… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) has awarded the Ports of Indiana $4 million to make bulk cargo supply chain improvements by converting a vacant gravel yard into… Read More
The Hickman-Fulton County (Ky.) Riverport Authority is among the agencies seeking approval from the Surface Transportation Board to build 12 miles of new rail line to better serve the port. Read More
While the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 drastically enlarged the land area of the fledgling United States—about 827,000 square miles was acquired in the deal with France—the Mississippi River, which formed… Read More
Over the past decade, the northern part of Alabama, including the state’s second most populous city of Huntsville, has seen remarkable growth. Not only has Huntsville in recent years leapfrogged… Read More