Port of Indiana – Jffersonville
The Ports of Indiana states that $545,145 granted it in the most recent round of MARAD Marine Highway gives will certainly sustain a $778,766 barge shuttle bus job for Nucor Steel underway at its Jeffersonville port.
The job consists of building of a 1.2-acre outside storage space location as well as the acquisition of a forklift to be made use of for taking care of steel coils. The intended barge shuttle bus storage space center was created with Nucor Steel to enable the barge delivery of coils from Ghent, Ky., to the Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville Project companions likewise consist of Watco Co., Campbell Transportation Co., Voss Clark, Mill Steel as well as OKI Regional Council of Governments, that worked as the initial Marine Highway Project enroller.
“This grant funds a critical component of a new barge shuttle service that will allow Nucor to better utilize our Jeffersonville port’s cargo handling facilities to serve customers and to grow future business,” stated Ports ofIndiana Senior Vice President Jody Peacock “We’re grateful for MARAD’s support of this project and believe there are more opportunities to expand this barge shuttle to additional ports in the future.”
The outside laydown location as well as the forklift will certainly be made use of to dump truckloads of coils from the dock, as well as tons vehicles for just-in-time distribution to consumers.
Ports of Indiana is giving the regional financing suit as well as will certainly take care of the give management.
“We’re excited to partner with Nucor and our family of port companies to develop this project,” stated Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville Port Director Jeff Miles “This port provides critical multimodal connections for steel shipments and steel processors in the Midwest. We have 13 steel-related companies on-site that make our ‘Steel Campus’ a key transportation hub for U.S. steel producers, automakers and manufacturing facilities.”
