The National Waterways Conference’s meeting August 25–27 at the Vibrant Arena in Moline, Ill., spotlights the continued growth and development of the Corn Belt Ports. Local… Read More
Corn Belt Ports
This week’s issue focuses on the Missouri River, which provides anywhere from 45 percent of Mississippi River flows during normal times to as much as 70 percent during drought… Read More
This past week, the Corn Belt Ports and We Work the Waterways announced their participation in the Corn Belt Ports Rural Maritime and Logistics Training and Education Consortium,… Read More
J.F. Brennan Inc., Lawson Marine and Rigging, Riverview Tug Service, Inc. and Alter Logistics are among the river-related companies that have signed letters of support for the Corn Belt… Read More
Ten river ports in southern Illinois are the latest grouping to apply to be formally recognized by the Corps of Engineers as a port statistical district. The grouping would… Read More
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
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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
