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Around the Region

January 26, 2021 – By Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Jacquelyn Rucker

Learn about people, companies making difference at work and in their communities.

Filed Under: 2021-Feb-Mar, Around the Region, Current Issue Tagged With: Around the Region, Banking, Business, economic development, Education, finance, government, health care, logistics, Manufacturing, news, technology

NIRPC seeks public comment on draft e-commerce report

October 19, 2020 – By Larry Avila Leave a Comment

ecommerce

Exponential growth in online commerce is reshaping the Region’s future transportation and warehousing needs.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economy, Online / E-commerce Tagged With: Around the Region, e-commerce report, logistics, NIRPC, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, public comment, roads, traffic, warehousing

Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor marks five decades of service

July 20, 2020 – By Larry Avila

Port of Burns Harbor

An idea to open a deep-water port in Northwest Indiana five decades ago has become a multi-billion-dollar economic powerhouse.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Economy, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: 50th anniversary, Around the Region, logistics, port of indiana-burns harbor, ports of indiana

La Porte County lands $1 million state grant to connect Kingsbury Industrial Park to CSX mainline

January 31, 2020 – By Larry Avila

Railroad tracks

A La Porte County industrial park is getting state help to connect the site to a major national railroad network.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Around the Region, CSX rail line, grant funds, Indiana Economic Development Corp., Kingsbury Industrial Park, La Porte County, logistics

Griffith-based Bulkmatic and Bulk FR8 of Seattle launch joint dry bulk brokerage and logistics service

January 17, 2020 – By Larry Avila

Dry Bulk FR8 LLC

Griffith-based Bulkmatic, a dry bulk transport services provider, has partnered with Bulk FR8 of Seattle to form Dry Bulk FR8 LLC, which will offer nationwide dry bulk services.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Around the Region, brokerage, Bulk FR8, Bulkmatic, Dry Bulk FR8, dry bulk services, dry bulk transport, Griffith, logistics, Seattle, tanker truck services, transport services

Work underway on $19.7 million in improvements to Ports of Indiana – Burns Harbor

November 18, 2019 – By Larry Avila

Indiana - Burns Harbor aerial

Giving the Port of Indiana – Burns Harbor more capacity to handle additional cargo and at the same time reduce its environmental impact will be the result once nearly $20 million in improvements are completed.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Around the Region, enrvironmental stewardship, improvements, logistics, Ports of Indiana Burns Harbor, shipping

Gordon Food Service distribution center will bring more than 400 jobs to Indiana by end of 2025

October 11, 2019 – By Larry Avila

Fresh Produce

Gordon Food Service, a privately held, family-managed food service distributor, will build a new 500,000-square-foot warehouse-distribution center in central Indiana that could create more than 400 jobs by the end of 2025.

Filed Under: Business News Bits, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Around the Region, distribution center, expansion, food, Gordon Food Service, Gordon Foods, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Holcomb, Indiana Economic Development Corp., job creation, logistics, new jobs, warehouse

Indiana ready for the world

October 3, 2019 – By Lesly Bailey Leave a Comment

Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor a logistics leader

Education, engagement, talent development, teamwork and informed insight, along with infrastructure, keep the Region heading in the right direction logistically, experts say.

Filed Under: 2019-Oct-Nov, Transportation & Logistics Tagged With: Alicia Thomas, Andy Mason, Bryce Carpenter, Cline Avenue Bridge Project, Conexus Indiana, Crossroads of America, Eman Ibrahim, Erin Sweitzer, Gary airport, Gov. Eric Holcomb, Ignite the Region, Indiana Economic Development Corp., Ivy Tech Community College, Jack Schoenfelder, Jennifer Mann, logistics, made in Indiana, Next Level Jobs, Next Level Roads, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, NWI Forum’s Ignite the Region, ort of Indiana-Burns Harbor, Partners for Clean Air Industrial Award, Peter Kimball, Scott Weber, St. Lawrence Seaway

Rare shipment of a dozen 25,000-plus pound brewery tanks pass through Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

September 18, 2018 – By Larry Avila

Beer Tanks Burns Harbor

A Michigan brewery soon will be able to make more product thanks to the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor. The bulk carrier M/V Federal Mackinac recently docked at the port, carrying 12 brewery tanks destined for Michigan. Each cylindrical 40-foot long brewery tank is 14 feet in diameter and weighs 25,353 pounds. Each tank holds about […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, beer making, brewery tanks, logistics, Michigan beer, port of indiana-burns harbor, port shipping

Ports of Indiana wins national steel industry honor

August 28, 2018 – By Larry Avila

Burns Harbor Ports of Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS – The American Metal Market has named Ports of Indiana the Logistics/Transportation Provider of the Year for 2018. The ninth annual Awards for Steel Excellence were recently announced at AMM’s Steel Awards dinner, held in conjunction with the global Steel Success Strategies XXXIII Conference in New York. “This is an extraordinary honor for our […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: American Metal Market, Around the Region, Burns Harbor, logistics, ports of indiana, Ports of Indiana Burns Harbor, shipping, steel industry, steel industry award

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