Superior Ag, an Indiana-based, farmer-owned cooperative, broke ground July 21 on its new Ohio River fertilizer terminal near Rockport, Ind. The new, 32,000-ton dry fertilizer distribution facility is… Read More
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Ken Eriksen The Upper Mississippi River (UMR) extends 854 navigable river miles through the heart of the Corn Belt from Minneapolis past St. Louis to the mouth of… Read More
Superior Ag expects to unload 30 to 35 barges a year as part of a plan to create a dry fertilizer terminal on the Ohio River near Rockport, Ind. The… Read More
The November 8 ribbon-cutting and open house on Helm Fertilizer’s expanded barge terminal at Helena, Ark., was a long time coming. The expansion more than doubles the length… Read More
A Canadian fertilizer maker’s American subsidiary, Ostara St. Louis Ltd., announced August 17 that it will bring 40 new, high-paying jobs to Missouri and make a $25 million capital… Read More
Argus Media, a London-based publisher of global commodity information and news, announced June 30 that it is establishing a new price report for urea barge shipments in New Orleans. Read More
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a fertilizer company based in Vancouver, Canada, announced November 3 that it has agreed to buy a granulation facility and terminal on the Mississippi… Read More
The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority announced November 7 that it has reached a 10-year lease agreement with an additional 10-year extension option with Southern FS to construct a state-of-the-art… Read More
Numerous Ohio River news outlets reported a December 19 barge leak on the river. Two months later, the barge owner, Southern Towing from Memphis, Tenn., has… Read More
The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon handled more cargo in 2017 than any port in the 57-year history of Indiana’s port system. This was the third straight year the port… Read More
