The state of Illinois is providing $40 million to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker… Read More
Ports & Terminals
Local, state and federal leaders gathered July 6 for a groundbreaking ceremony on new transportation infrastructure at the Port of Little Rock, Ark. Construction has now begun to widen and… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Port of Houston Authority (Port Houston) an Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant totaling more than $79.4 million. According to the port,… Read More
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, along with representatives from the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), Louisiana Economic Development (LED) and The Water Institute of the Gulf, gathered in Baton… Read More
The Tulsa Port of Catoosa reported record-setting barge shipments for the month of June. At the close of June 2019, the Tulsa Port experienced historic flooding, which brought barge shipments… Read More
A “Talking Freight” webinar sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) July 15 focused on “Examining the Growth of Inland Ports.” For the purpose of the webinar, FHA defined inland… Read More
ClearSpan Structures unveiled its new commercial building rental offering July 13. Previously, the company’s structures were only available for purchase, but now customers can utilize ClearSpan’s fabric structures on a… Read More
Martin Marietta Materials plans to construct a barge loading/unloading facility along the left bank of the Ohio River at Mile 496, near Petersburg in Boone County, Ky. The filing for… Read More
The Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville plans to build a rail shed, pit, tunnel, conveyor and mooring cell to divert dry bulk cargo from rail and truck to barges for export. The… Read More
The Port of Corpus Christi has announced it will receive a $2.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to repair infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Read More