MEDIA RELEASES
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Ports of Indiana appoints Dexter Salenda to newly created Foreign Trade and Economic Development Director role
Global logistics industry veteran Dexter Salenda has joined Ports of Indiana as the organization’s first Foreign Trade and Economic Development Director. This position was created to expand Ports of Indiana’s Foreign-Trade Zone program and offer new services for companies dealing
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Indiana River & Rail Terminals handles critical barge shipment at Mount Vernon port for large pharmaceutical project in central Indiana
Oversized equipment destined for pharmaceutical production campus in Lebanon, Ind., gets careful handling at Ports of Indiana’s Ohio River facility en route from Texas MOUNT VERNON, Ind. – Indiana River & Rail Terminals recently managed the barge-to-truck transload of some delicate
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Ports of Indiana selects Louis Dreyfus Company to reopen international agriculture terminal at Burns Harbor port
PORTAGE, Ind. - Ports of Indiana has selected Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, to operate the grain export facility at its Lake Michigan port. Considered one of the world’s “big four” global agri-commodities
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Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrates groundbreaking of Lake Michigan port’s first new warehouse in 25 years
$10M on-dock storage facility creates new export opportunities for critical cargoes PORTAGE, Ind. – Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor has broken ground on the first new warehouse constructed at the Lake Michigan port in 25 years. Wednesday’s groundbreaking kicked off a $10 million project
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Ports of Indiana hosts trade mission by Port of Antwerp-Bruges to explore expanded Indiana-Belgian partnership and new container shipments
Portage, IN - Ports of Indiana welcomed a delegation led by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges today on a trade mission exploring economic opportunities and new container shipments between the U.S. Midwest and European markets. The day’s events included a tour of
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Officials celebrate grand opening of Mount Vernon Railroad creating ‘Mega-Modal’ opportunity for Southwest Indiana port
Elementary students name port locomotives ‘Power Paws,’ ‘Wildcat Express’ to honor new rail partnership between OmniTRAX, Ports of Indiana State and local officials celebrated the grand opening of the Mount Vernon Railroad today, creating an unparalleled “Mega-Modal” opportunity for Southwest Indiana.
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Ports of Indiana and Metro Ports extend bulk cargo partnership at Burns Harbor
Ports of Indiana and Metro Ports have signed a five-year extension of their bulk terminal operating agreement at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. The agreement reaffirms both organizations’ commitment to growing bulk cargo operations and providing industry-leading customer service at Indiana’s
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Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor welcomes M.V. Pile as the first ocean vessel of the 2025 international shipping season
Port staff marks the special occasion by presenting the Steel Stein to captain, crew Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor celebrated the start of the 2025 international shipping season April 11 with the arrival of the M.V. Pile, a bulk carrier owned
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Maritime sales veteran Caylor to lead business development at Ports of Indiana
Doug Caylor has joined Ports of Indiana as the organization’s Business Development Director. Caylor has worked in maritime sales and operations for 30 years as vice president of business development for Castlen Terminals & Marine, sales director for American Commercial
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Ports of Indiana hires maritime industry leader Parrott as Chief Operating Officer
INDIANAPOLIS – Ports of Indiana has hired maritime logistics executive David Parrott to serve as the statewide port authority’s Chief Operating Officer. Parrott has worked in the marine industry for 30 years as a former CEO of Liberty Terminals, vice
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Ports of Indiana ships second-highest annual total with 13M tons in 2024
Ports of Indiana shipped 13 million tons of cargo in 2024, the second-highest annual volume in the port authority’s 60-year history. Cargo shipments increased during the fourth straight year for the statewide port authority, up 3 percent from 2023 and
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Jeffersonville port delivers record road salt shipments to Greater Louisville area during recent winter storms
CGB, Ports of Indiana distribute over 1,400 truckloads of salt in one week for local deicing efforts JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – In the wake of the record snowfall that blanketed Greater Louisville last week, Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville and CGB Enterprises distributed more than
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Tanco Terminals expands Lake Michigan operations with $8M investment at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor
PORTAGE, Ind. – Tanco Terminals is constructing a $8.2 million expansion of its liquid tank farm at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor to support growth in Lake Michigan shipments. Tanco is a third-generation, family-owned business operated at the port since 1977.
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Mount Vernon elementary students name Ports of Indiana locomotives
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. – Ports of Indiana officials visited three elementary schools in Mount Vernon on Monday to announce winners of a competition to name two locomotives at the state’s largest port. As a tribute to the Mount Vernon High
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Ports of Indiana awarded largest ever federal grant to construct rail transload operation and rail yard at Mount Vernon port
$16M project to doubles rail capacity, creates transload facility at Ohio River port MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (Nov. 15, 2024) – The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced today that Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon has been awarded a federal grant totaling $11,249,000 to
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International minerals supplier establishing first U.S. facility at Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville to support green manufacturing
Lumina Sustainable Materials to open mineral processing and research hub in Jeffersonville JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (Nov. 12, 2024) – An international supplier of specialized minerals will develop its first U.S. facility at Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville to supply Midwest manufacturers with greener mineral
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New Indiana bridge to double ocean cargo capacity for Lake Michigan port
$35M project adds two lanes to Burns Harbor port entrance to support global trade growth PORTAGE, Ind. (Nov. 4, 2024) – State and local officials celebrated the opening of a new highway bridge that will double ocean cargo capacity for Indiana’s
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Ports of Indiana receives $500,000 grant from U.S. EPA Clean Ports to study emissions reduction at Jeffersonville, Mount Vernon ports
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 29, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Ports of Indiana will receive a $500,000 grant to study emission-reduction activities at its Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon ports on the Ohio River. Ports of Indiana is among