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10/15/2024
The Ports of Indiana has launched a new business venture, called Indiana River & Rail Terminals, which will become the largest general cargo operation on the Ohio River.
The venture is a partnership between Ports of Indiana and stevedore Superior River Terminals Indiana that handles cargo at two Ohio River ports in Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon. The business will manage all the general cargo facilities at the inland ports, including six docks, six warehouses, multiple rail transload facilities and logistics services for more than 40 existing customers within the ports’ 2,200 acres, ports officials said in a press release.
Superior River Terminals Indiana has operated separate Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon facilities for years; the new agreement expands the existing operations and brings multiple barge, rail and warehouse facilities at two ports under one operator, ports officials said.
In addition, Ports of Indiana is building two new rail yards and adding a $3 million heavy-lift crane arriving in 2025 to support the venture. The terminals have storage and fleeting capacity for 300 rail cars and 500 barges, and handling capabilities for steel coils, slabs, steel plates, wire rod, containers, automotive components, supersacks and project cargo.
Operating in the greater Louisville and Evansville metropolitan areas, the new business will serve the busiest inland port in the United States — the Southern Indiana Port District — which ships 27.7 million tons of cargo via barge annually.