IRPT Members Elect Two New Directors to the Lower Mississippi Basin

  **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**   IRPT Announces Newly Elected Lower Mississippi River Basin Directors Kimmeka Sterling, Madison Parish Port | Richard Word, Port of Greenville ST. LOUIS, MO – March…
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IRPT Members Elect Two New Directors to the Ohio River Basin

  **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**   IRPT Announces Newly Elected Ohio River Basin Directors Ben Weithman, Henderson County Riverport Authority | Brian Rafferty, Marquette Transportation ST. LOUIS, MO, April 9, 2026…
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Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomes Ocean7 Ranger as the first ocean vessel of the 2026 international shipping season

U.S. Steel cargo shipment ends one of shortest winter closures for Great Lakes shipping   Burns Harbor Port Director Ryan McCoy (right) presents the Steel Stein to Capt. Ilia Kalachov…
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OmniTRAX Expands National Rail Network into Arkansas’s Thriving Industrial Market

Russellville, Ark. – April 9, 2026 – OmniTRAX, The Broe Group’s rail and real estate affiliate, and one of North America’s fastest growing privately held rail management companies, has acquired Arkansas’s…
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IRPT Members Secure U.S. Marine Highway Program Awards, Advancing Inland Waterways and Multimodal Freight

  **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**   US Marine Highway Grant Announces 6 IRPT Members will Receive an Award The Morgan City Harbor & Terminal District | Pemiscot County Port Authority |…
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Blake Roderick Obituary

Blake Eugene Roderick, 69, was born on January 20, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois to Donald Eugene and Alice Joanne (Spring) Roderick. He passed away after a battle with pancreatic…
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