The Water Transportation Advisory Board (WTAB) of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) met June 24, 2024 to review applications for grant programs offered to riverports by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. New for this fiscal year are funds available through the Kentucky Public Riverport Construction and Maintenance Program (KPRCM). The KPRCM was established to provide grants…
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Automated Scale Installation at Henderson County Riverport
The Henderson County Riverport recently broke ground on a new project at our fertilizer dome facility that includes the installation of a new automated truck scale and a new access road. Automating the truck scale and reorganizing truck flow with the new access road will increase efficiency at the dome facility and help ensure our…
Coated Pipe Transload at Henderson County Riverport
The rail loop at the Henderson County Riverport was recently utilized by Boardwalk Pipelines to transload approximately 20 miles of 20″ diameter coated pipe from rail to truck for delivery to a storage site. The pipe will ultimately be used to extend natural gas service to the A.B. Brown Generating Station in Posey County, Indiana.…
105-Ton Boiler Evaporator Unloaded at Riverport
The main dock at the Henderson County Riverport was recently used to unload an approximately 105-ton boiler evaporator for delivery to the under-construction Pratt Paper plant. Sterett Crane and Rigging offloaded the evaporator from a barge using a five-hundred-ton lift capacity crane brought specifically for the job and loaded it to a truck and trailer…
Riverport Employees Receive CPR Training
Henderson County Riverport employees recently received American Heart Association approved CPR training through First on Scene CPR and instructor Daniel Carter. Employees received instruction on how to identify numerous medical emergencies and the proper first aid to render for each event. In addition to first aid, the course also covered how to properly perform CPR…