The 89-year-old St. Paul Port Authority (SPPA) stands as the uppermost port complex on the Mississippi River. The authority oversees four terminals in the St. Paul, Minn., region, connecting farmlands… Read More
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Gus Gaspardo is president of the Padelford Packet Boat Company, St. Paul, Minn., and 2018 president of the Passenger Vessel Association. Gaspardo has been chairman of PVA’s Regulatory Committee and… Read More
A 10-mile stretch of the Upper Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn., was closed due to a derailed tank car that spilled about 3,200 gallons of diesel fuel into the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District held two public meetings and a private meeting for government and non-governmental organizations last week to garner input on the disposition study evaluating three lock… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
A year after communications missteps aroused opposition and hostility to its plan to dispose of dredged materials from a sector of Lake Pepin, the Corps of Engineers signed a memorandum… Read More
After a “false start” last year, in which scheduled public comment meetings had to be canceled due to lack of funding, the St. Paul Engineer District is once again seeking… Read More
On March 19, the Great Lakes Dredging Team hosted a webinar with Chuck Theiling from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to discuss methods… Read More
Ceres Global Ag Corporation and Consolidated Grain & Barge Company (CGB) announced May 1 an agreement to jointly own and operate a new company called Savage Riverport LLC. The terminal… Read More
In 2017, the Port Authority of Winona, Minn., saw the highest number of barges moved in and out of its facility for at least 10 years—1,386 barges, according to Lucy… Read More
