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Arcosa Lightweight| HydroLite Lightweight Aggregate Plays Key Role in Record-Breaking Structure
To make the foundation for the Wilshire Grand Center required more than 2,100 truckloads of concrete – a feat that entered the building in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest continuous concrete placement in history. The structure not only boasts 900 hotel rooms, a 70th-floor sky lobby, and 445,000 square feet of…
Read MorePorts of Indiana-Jeffersonville Shipments Increase 6% in 2022 as Burns Harbor, Jeffersonville Ports Set New Records
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Ports of Indiana handled 11.9 million tons of cargo in 2022, resulting in a 6% increase from 2021 and 42% more than 2020. The year-end totals were announced at the Ports of Indiana’s regularly scheduled first quarter Commission Meeting held Thursday in Jeffersonville. The Commission also approved more than $20 million in…
Read MoreThe Owensboro Riverport Purchases New Riverfront Property for $1 Million
The Owensboro Riverport is purchasing riverfront property and a warehouse owned by a private company, for future use as a storage facility with river access. Riverport President and CEO Brian Wright said the organization is purchasing 7.8 acres of land on the riverport property from Nutrine Ag Solutions. The site contains a bulk storage warehouse,…
Read MorePaducah Port’s New Customer Barges In Raw Materials
The Paducah-McCracken County (Ky.) Riverport Authority has its first new customer for its general cargo facility in years with PRCO America Inc., which has begun moving raw materials for refractory bricks via barge for the first time. The riverport received its third shipment of 1,800 supersacks on February 23, Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority Executive Director…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Dredge and Dock Receives American Waterways HERO Award
The GLDD crew, while working on the Houston ship channel project, rescued three civilians from the water after their vessel caught fire. American Waterways Operators Honors First Awardees of American Waterways HERO Award, Recognizing Heroic Maritime Rescues HOUSTON, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today at the American Waterways Operators Winter Safety Meeting in Houston, AWO…
Read MoreWalker Smith, Port of Harlingen’s Port Director Appointed to TxDOT Port Authority Advisory Committee
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Commission has appointed Walker Smith, Port Director of The Port of Harlingen Authority, as a member to Port Authority Advisory Committee (PAAC), during their regular commission meeting Thursday, Feb. 23. The PAAC is a nine-member committee that provides a forum for the exchange of information between the Commission, TxDOT,…
Read MorePort of Victoria Seeks to Expand Green Energy in the Crossroads with Portside Energy Center
The Victoria County Navigation District continues to spur on green energy growth in Victoria County by pursuing a lease agreement with Vitis Energy at the Port’s new Texas Logistic Center (TXLC). Vitis Energy, which develops energy solutions that reduce costs, improve power reliability, and enhance sustainability, is entering into their second year of a three-year…
Read MoreIAMPE Welcomes Capt(N) (Ret’d) Mike Davie to Advisory Board
PUBLISHED FEB 13, 2023 12:20 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE The International Association of Maritime and Port Executives (IAMPE) is pleased to announce the addition of Capt(N) (Ret’d) Mike Davie, Vice President Operations and Technology for the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), to the IAMPE Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors provides reviews and approves…
Read MoreRogers County Commissioner Lobbies D.C. for Dedicated Waterway Funding
TULSA, Okla. – Oklahoma’s and the nation’s inland ports and waterway system could get a critical boost in financial support if one Oklahoma elected official gets his way in Washington. The National Association of Counties NACo is the organization that lobbies on behalf of the nation’s 3,069 counties. One county commissioner from Oklahoma took the…
Read MorePort Bienville Receives Port Improvement Fund Grant Award
KILN, MISS – Governor Tate Reeves announced the recipients of the Mississippi Development Authority Port Improvement Fund Award on Friday February 17, 2023 to include the Port Bienville in Hancock County. Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission requested and was awarded $2 million, with a 47% local match of $1,760,118 to construct a 30,000 square…
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