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 McCracken County Riverport Authority
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 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
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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. Read More
If the U.S. inland waterways system has a hub, Paducah, Ky. is it. Sitting near the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, just south of the Cumberland River’s… Read More
Sennebogen 870 R-HD can reach down 50 feet to unload barges in low water. (photo courtesy of Sennebogen) Located at the confluence of the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland rivers, and just… Read More
