The Port of Winona, Minn., has officially joined the Corn Belt Ports team. Geographically, the Corn Belt Ports are a group of federally recognized ports in the heart of the… Read More
Corn Belt Ports
The Corn Belt Ports opened a third regional office January 18 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the campus of Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo., on the Mississippi River. The Canton… Read More
A ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by representatives of several elected officials representing the region was held for the new Corn Belt Ports office on October 19 on Western Illinois University’s riverfront… Read More
In a story that went little noticed by media but was welcomed by port and waterways advocates, both houses of the Illinois Legislature recently unanimously passed the Illinois Waterway Ports… Read More
Regional leaders in the Upper Mississippi River region cheered and welcomed the designation of the Northern Grain Belt Ports, approved by the U.S. Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and the Navigation… Read More
Now that the Corn Belt Ports in the Quad Cities area has successfully established itself as a new statistical port district, setting the stage for further public and private investment… Read More
The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District (branded as TransPORT) announced August 8 that Robert Sinkler, former commander of the Rock Island Engineer District, is joining the leadership team to… Read More
Robert Sinkler, who has been leading the charge to have ports in the greater Quad Cities region statistically merged into a single port district, says a final decision from the… Read More
