Paducah McCracken County Riverport Authority News

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 grant in December… 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 system in all… 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 along… 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 a… 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 as… 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 work at… Read More

Paducah’s Cahill Appointed To Kentucky Advisory Board

November 15, 2021

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Tim Cahill, director of the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority, to the state’s Waterway Transportation Advisory Board. Cahill was appointed October 15 to fill the… Read More

Kentucky Governor Announces Riverport Grant Awards

August 2, 2021

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced a half million dollars in grant funding July 15 for critical repairs and equipment replacement at Kentucky riverports. The grants must be matched by the… Read More

Conference Points Kentucky Ports Toward Future Needs

April 5, 2021

The second freight conference geared toward Kentucky’s public riverports included a focus on their emerging markets and how to take advantage of potential economic development opportunities. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet… Read More

Southern FS Opens Fertilizer Facility At Paducah Riverport Southern FH’s new fertilizer-handling facility at the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport includes five conveyor belts and 14 fertilizer bays, each of which hold 900 to 1,000 tons of fertilizer. The fertilizer arrives by barge and is then distributed by truck to 16 Southern FS locations. (Photo by Kyle Glisson/Southern FS)

Southern FH’s new fertilizer-handling facility at the Paducah-McCracken County Riverport includes five conveyor belts and 14 fertilizer bays, each of which hold 900 to 1,000 tons of fertilizer. The fertilizer arrives by barge and is then distributed by truck to 16 Southern FS locations. (Photo by Kyle Glisson/Southern FS)

Southern FS Opens Fertilizer Facility At Paducah Riverport

July 10, 2020

Southern FS, an agriculture, fuel and propane company, has opened a state-of-the-art fertilizer handling facility at the Paducah-McCracken County (Ky.) Riverport Authority’s bulk terminal complex. The 224- by 131-foot building… Read More