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
Ports & Terminals
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
Jefferson County, Mo., hugs the Mississippi River shoreline south of St. Louis. An important but developing part of the St. Louis region’s “Ag Coast” port ecosystem, it includes the river… Read More
Four members of Illinois’ congressional delegation sent a letter September 9 to Col. Steven Sattinger, commander of the Rock Island Engineer District, urging that several stretches of terminals along a… Read More
A farmer-owned cooperative broke ground for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River on September 9 at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council… Read More
The Port of Pittsburgh is clearing the air, and in the process, helping to create a more efficient fleet of shipping companies, ports and terminals along the Three Rivers. Back in… Read More
The Mississippi River city of La Crosse, Wis., has applied to the St. Paul Engineer District to expand the existing cruise ship landing dock at Riverside Park. Riverside Park currently… Read More
