Ceres Global Ag Corporation and Consolidated Grain & Barge Company (CGB) announced May 1 an agreement to jointly own and operate a new company called Savage Riverport LLC. The terminal… Read More
Minnesota
In 2017, the Port Authority of Winona, Minn., saw the highest number of barges moved in and out of its facility for at least 10 years—1,386 barges, according to Lucy… Read More
Built at Stillwater, Minn., for Capt. John Kent in 1897, the sternwheeler Gracie Kent was constructed by George Muller on a wooden hull measuring 111 feet in length by 20… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District has postponed the release of a controversial sand-disposal proposal until “late spring or early summer,” according to district spokesperson George Stringham. The draft report was… Read More
Four projects that support freight movement on Minnesota’s waterways received a total of $5 million in grants through the state’s Port Development Assistance Program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced… Read More
Two rocket fuel tanks recently made their way from Savage, Minn., to Cape Canaveral, Fla., pushed on two 250- by 782-foot barges by McDonough Marine Service’s Mister Mac. According to… Read More
