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Agreements Position Cairo Port As Potential Container Shipping Hub

September 18, 2020

Agreements announced September 15 could position a new port being developed in Cairo, Ill., as a national logistics and distribution hub for container shipping using state-of-the-art vessels running on liquefied… Read More

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The mv. Sam P. Hise pushes a barge into the Upper Mississippi River on August 31 from near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as seen from the southern tip of Illinois. Four western Kentucky counties have formed a riverport authority with plans to develop a riverport just south of the confluence. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Counties Partner For Port Project

September 4, 2020

Four western Kentucky counties have joined forces with hopes to build a riverport just south of the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers as part of their economic revitalization… Read More

Illinois Announces $40 Million In Funding For Cairo Port Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces $40 million in funding to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, just west of Cairo, Ill. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces $40 million in funding to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, just west of Cairo, Ill. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Illinois Announces $40 Million In Funding For Cairo Port

August 7, 2020

The state of Illinois is providing $40 million to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker… Read More

Resurrecting A River Port WJ Editorial

Resurrecting A River Port

August 7, 2020

The announcement that the state of Illinois is releasing $40 million to the Alexander-Cairo Port District to build a new riverport near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers,… Read More

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Ingram Barge Company Capt. Joseph Eubanks, piloting a Seamen’s Church Institute towboat simulator, is downbound toward the piers of a new U.S. 51 bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cairo, Ill., and Wickliffe, Ky. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Mariners Pilot Beneath Simulated New Ohio River Bridge

June 5, 2020

Experienced river captains from several companies recently spent a week virtually piloting towboats through more than 100 different computer scenarios, testing alignments and pier placements for a new bridge just… Read More

Initial Illinois Budget Allocates $40 Million For Cairo Port A rendering shows how the proposed Cairo-Alexander County Port would look from the Mississippi River. The budget Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has filed for consideration by state lawmakers includes $40 million for the public-private project. (Rendering courtesy of Cairo-Alexander County Port District)

A rendering shows how the proposed Cairo-Alexander County Port would look from the Mississippi River. The budget Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has filed for consideration by state lawmakers includes $40 million for the public-private project. (Rendering courtesy of Cairo-Alexander County Port District)

Initial Illinois Budget Allocates $40 Million For Cairo Port

March 6, 2020

A $40 million line item appropriation for a new public-private riverport in Cairo, Ill., is included in the state budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker has presented to lawmakers. State Sen. Dale… Read More

CGB And Waterfront Services Christen Two New Boats The Tom Torretti and the Rick Pemberton on the Cairo waterfront for the christening ceremony. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

The Tom Torretti and the Rick Pemberton on the Cairo waterfront for the christening ceremony. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

CGB And Waterfront Services Christen Two New Boats

December 20, 2019

Tom Torretti remembers when CGB Enterprises senior vice president Scott Leininger and vice president Lance Rase called him unexpectedly into a meeting. They said CGB was given the privilege of… Read More

ACBL Christens Mv. Mark Glaab As Cairo Fleet Boat bottle

ACBL Christens Mv. Mark Glaab As Cairo Fleet Boat

November 15, 2019

American Commercial Barge Line’s new Cairo, Ill., fleet boat, the 70-by 30-foot, twin-screw, Z-drive mv. Mark Glaab, has two 1,000 hp. Caterpillar C-32 diesel engines. It also has one thing… Read More

CGB Waterfront Services Reflects On Shipyard Successes Waterfront Services Company has expanded its shipyard and fleeting operations since it was founded on the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in Cairo, Ill., in 1967. (Photo courtesy of Waterfront Services)

Waterfront Services Company has expanded its shipyard and fleeting operations since it was founded on the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in Cairo, Ill., in 1967. (Photo courtesy of Waterfront Services)

CGB Waterfront Services Reflects On Shipyard Successes

March 20, 2019

For more than 50 years now, CGB Waterfront Services Company has been offering shipyard repair and fleeting services to the maritime community from its Cairo, Ill., headquarters. To date, it… Read More

High Water, Flooding Halts Traffic On Rivers

March 1, 2019

This high-water season is threatening to break records along the whole length of several river systems. Higher-than-expected rainfalls in the last weekend of February caused high water in the Ohio… Read More