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Five Rivers Distribution Continues To Grow

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Five Rivers Distribution Continues To Grow

April 16, 2019

Five Rivers Distribution, operator of Arkansas River ports at Van Buren and Fort Smith, Ark., continues to grow with the addition of another storage facility, its fifth. Recently completed, the… Read More

Fort Smith Harbor Working On Implementing $15 Million PIDP Grant

January 24, 2024

Marty Shell, president of Five Rivers Distribution, recalled the day he got a phone call from Arkansas Sen. John Boozman congratulating him on the receipt of a major grant. “I… Read More

Shell Named To Arkansas Waterways Commission

April 9, 2018

Marty Shell, president of Five Rivers Distribution in Fort Smith and Van Buren—both in Arkansas—was appointed to the Arkansas Waterways Commission by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in March. The Arkansas Waterways… Read More