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Louisville Riverport Authority Applies To Include South Central Kentucky In Foreign Trade Zone #29 Service Area
Seven counties have formally joined the Louisville Riverport Authority in its bid to expand the city’s foreign trade zone. An application pending before the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Foreign Trade Zones Board would, if approved, expand Foreign Trade Zone #29 to include service to Allen, Barren, Christian, Todd, Logan, Simpson and Warren counties. The application,…
Read MorePort of Corpus Christi Awarded $16.4M in CarbonSAFE Grants from U.S. Department of Energy
Corpus Christi, TX, USA – The Port of Corpus Christi was awarded $16.4 million through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) initiative to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of permanently storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial operations. The Port of Corpus Christi was the only recipient of CarbonSAFE funding in Texas and received the largest total award of those announced by the DoE. The two distinctly funded projects include…
Read MoreTaylor Machine Works Breaks Ground on New Terberg Facility in Lowndes County MS
More industry is rolling into the Golden Triangle so that means more jobs need to be filled in the near future. Terberg Taylor Americas will be the first of its kind here in the Golden Triangle and our Winston Reed was there as the automotive group broke ground today. The Automotive industry plants its flag…
Read MoreNAI Spring’s Bryce Custer Seeing Increased Interest in Ohio River Locations as Manufacturing Drives Growth in OH and WV
Spurred by the confluence of geopolitical instability, supply chain disruption, the reshoring trend, abundant raw materials (especially gas and oil) and other significant factors, the Ohio River Corridor and Appalachian Basin is becoming a booming real estate market and manufacturing destination in the U.S., with manufacturing investment currently estimated at over $100 billion. Bryce Custer, SIOR, CCIM, Broker…
Read MorePort of Corpus Christi Finishes Fiscal Year 2022 with Record Tonnage
The Port of Corpus Christi ended 2022 with record tonnage, mainly attributable to a 21 percent year-over-year (YOY) increase in refined products and 15 percent YOY increase in total crude oil. The Port of Corpus Christi achieved a new annual tonnage record of 187.9 million tons – a 12 percent increase over 2021 volumes. Crude averaged a record 2 million barrels of export volumes per day in 2022, an increase over its 2021…
Read MorePort of Milwaukee Gains Jackie Q. Carter from Mayoral Selection!
Mayor Cavalier Johnson has selected Jackie Q. Carter to serve as Municipal Port Director. In this position, Carter will direct commercial and recreational operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a staff of twenty people, and administer Foreign Trade Zone No. 41. The appointment is subject to Common Council approval. A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Carter…
Read MoreInland Maritime Port Manager Certification
The International Association of Maritime and Port Executives (IAMPE) will hold an Inland Maritime Port Manager Certification class March 13-16, 2023 via Zoom. Topics covered in the program include an overview of the brown-water transportation industry, current industry trends, port governance, port finance, port operations, safety and security, and more – all how they specifically…
Read MorePort of South Louisiana Enters Agreement to Purchase Avondale Global Gateway
Port of South Louisiana (Port SL) CEO Paul Matthews, announced that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with T. Parker Host to purchase Avondale Global Gateway, following the Port of South Louisiana Commission’s unanimous approval. As the Western Hemisphere’s second largest tonnage port, Port SL is an elite player in global shipping…
Read MoreCorn Belt Ports Expand. The Northern Grain Belt Ports are Federally Approved and Now Join the List of Regional Ports in the Heart of the Corn Belt Going in to 2023
The Northern Grain Belt Ports (NGBP) on the Upper Mississippi River Between Wisconsin and Minnesota were approved by the U.S. Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and the Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center on December 8, 2022, to be listed and ranked on the annual U.S. Leading Ports List. The NGBP is solidly a Top…
Read MoreBottom Line Company’s 26 Bridge Repair Project wins NRC’s 2022 Small Project of the Year Award
The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association(NRC) has awarded Bottom Line Company with its Small Project of the Year Award for its work to upgrade 26 railroad bridges on three subdivisions of Watco’s South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL). Funded in part with a Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program grant, the project…
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