Paducah McCracken County Riverport Authority News

Paducah Riverport Lands First FTZ Customer

July 3, 2025

With the recent increase in foreign tariffs on certain imports into the United States, the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority has gained its first foreign-trade zone customer, 10 years after establishing… Read More

Garrett Hired As New Paducah Port Director

November 15, 2024

James Garrett will serve as the next director of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority. The riverport announced Garrett’s hiring November 14. He begins work December 2. Garrett succeeds Tim Cahill,… Read More

Paducah Port Begins Major Refurbishment The new construction began with steel frame and canvas fabric tension roofs being installed on the existing foundations of two storage domes at the port. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

The new construction began with steel frame and canvas fabric tension roofs being installed on the existing foundations of two storage domes at the port. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Paducah Port Begins Major Refurbishment

July 17, 2024

Work to revitalize the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority’s bulk yard through federal grant funding is underway, with several other grant projects in various stages also moving forward at the same… Read More

Federal Grant Funds Paducah Port Warehouse Improvements A 46-year-old warehouse in the Port of Paducah will be renovated and repurposed with the help of a $418,000 Delta Regional Authority grant. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

A 46-year-old warehouse in the Port of Paducah will be renovated and repurposed with the help of a $418,000 Delta Regional Authority grant. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Federal Grant Funds Paducah Port Warehouse Improvements

October 23, 2023

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority announced October 16 that it has received a federal grant of more than $418,000 to renovate and repurpose a warehouse. The Delta Regional… Read More

Paducah Port Goes Forward With $3.32 Million Grant For Bulk Yard Graphic shows planned improvements at the Port of Paducah as the result of a $3.32 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant. (Graphic courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Graphic shows planned improvements at the Port of Paducah as the result of a $3.32 million Port Infrastructure Development Program grant. (Graphic courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Paducah Port Goes Forward With $3.32 Million Grant For Bulk Yard

September 15, 2023

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority is moving forward with implementing a $3.32 million grant from U.S. Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). MarAd announced the PIDP… Read More

Kentucky Ports Receive $500,000 In Grants

July 7, 2023

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced $500,000 in grants to four Kentucky riverports on July 5. The grants are for infrastructure improvements and equipment upgrades. “An efficient transportation… Read More

Paducah Area Leaders Eyeing Second Public Riverport

March 10, 2023

McCracken County, Ky., and its economic development partners have applied for a $3.5 million federal grant that would allow the development of a new public riverport on wooded property… Read More

New Smithland Bridge Truss Floated Into Place Excell Marine towboats took the 700-foot steel truss that is the main span for the new Cumberland River bridge at Smithland down the Tennessee River from Paducah, then up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River at Smithland. It was floated on four jumbo barges. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Excell Marine towboats took the 700-foot steel truss that is the main span for the new Cumberland River bridge at Smithland down the Tennessee River from Paducah, then up the Ohio River to the Cumberland River at Smithland. It was floated on four jumbo barges. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

New Smithland Bridge Truss Floated Into Place

September 16, 2022

Dozens of people gathered September 12 at the riverfronts in Paducah and Smithland, Ky., watching as the 700-foot-long main span for a new bridge over the Cumberland River made… Read More

Paducah Maritime Day Ceremony Honors Pregracke, Cahill Left to right: Paducah Club Chairman Andrew Gates, Maritime Person of the Year Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters, Club President Caleb King, Port Person of the Year Tim Cahill of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority and Club News Editor Mason DeJarnett. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Left to right: Paducah Club Chairman Andrew Gates, Maritime Person of the Year Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters, Club President Caleb King, Port Person of the Year Tim Cahill of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority and Club News Editor Mason DeJarnett. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Paducah Maritime Day Ceremony Honors Pregracke, Cahill

June 6, 2022

The Port of Paducah Propeller Club’s annual Maritime Day Ceremony and Merchant Mariner Memorial on May 21 honored Chad Pregracke as maritime person of the year and Tim Cahill… Read More

Construction Of New Cumberland River Bridge Remains Ahead Of Schedule Assembly of the 700-foot steel truss for the main span of the new Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., was completed in late February, and painting is now 30-40 percent completed. (Photo by Martina Britts, American Bridge Company)

Assembly of the 700-foot steel truss for the main span of the new Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., was completed in late February, and painting is now 30-40 percent completed. (Photo by Martina Britts, American Bridge Company)

Construction Of New Cumberland River Bridge Remains Ahead Of Schedule

May 20, 2022

Construction of a new bridge over the Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky., remains significantly ahead of schedule, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). The contractor resumed roadway… Read More