The National Transportation Safety Board announced November 7 it would investigate a November 4 barge explosion in Lemont, Ill., at an Illinois Marine Towing terminal about 25 miles… Read More
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America’s Central Port is finishing out its 60th anniversary year by continuing its steady strategy of growth, transformation and diversification. Centrally located with access to four U.S. Read More
The project to revitalize the general cargo dock at America’s Central Port will be the first project completed under Illinois’ new Competitive Freight Grant Program. America’s Central Port… Read More
In one of the most celebrated film noir movies of all time, “Double Indemnity,” Edward G. Robinson won an Oscar playing insurance claims manager Barton Keyes. In one famous… Read More
Matt Thomas (without hard hat) amid shipyard workers of Eagle Fabrication. (Photo by Nelson Spencer Jr.) Eagle Fabrication LLC, a division of Eagle Marine Industries Inc., Sauget, Ill.,… Read More
Ingram Barge Company applied at the end of June for a permit to build and maintain a barge mooring/fleeting facility on the right bank of the Ohio River near… Read More
Ozinga, headquartered in Mokena, Ill., has received the 2019 Dean’s Award from the Illinois Family Business of the Year Awards. The award recognizes a business that excels in social… Read More
Situated on opposite sides of a westward-running stretch of the Upper Mississippi River, the towns of Moline, East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois, and Davenport and Bettendorf… Read More
The 39th annual meeting and golf outing of the Illinois River Association—held July 10 at the Cog Hill Country Club in Lemont, Ill.—included a surprise this year. About 425… Read More
Grain companies Cargill Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) have agreed to effectively exchange several grain elevators on the Illinois and Ohio rivers, Reuters reported last week. Read More
