Agreements announced September 15 could position a new port being developed in Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for container shipping using state-of-the-art vessels running on liquefied… Read More
Alexander-Cairo Port District
Four western Kentucky counties have joined forces with hopes to build a riverport just south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of their economic revitalization… Read More
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
The announcement that the state of Illinois is releasing $40 million to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a new riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers,… Read More
A total of $1 million in capital funding has been released for the proposed river port terminal in the city of Cairo, signaling a key investment in the future economic… Read More
The struggling river town of Cairo, Ill., will get $1 million to support a project to revive it as a river port in the Illinois state budget signed June 4… Read More
The Alexander-Cairo Port District, which has only had a full complement of members since 2014 although existing on paper since 2010, is moving ahead with plans for reviving the port… Read More
Illinois politicians are betting that a rejuvenated port district can bring the once-booming river town of Cairo, Ill., back from the grave. Illinois Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) has taken a… Read More
