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原文传递 Grant To Allow Construction Of New Pier At Tell City Port

题名：	Grant To Allow Construction Of New Pier At Tell City Port
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	A $1.6 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant is aimed at building a new pier that will allow the Tell City River Port to increase its capabilities. Jared Kleemann, chief operations officer for Perry County Port Authority, which operates the port on the Ohio River at Mile 727, said he believes the grant will help make the developing port more competitive. The grant will allow the construction of a 40-foot-diameter pier capable of holding a crane. It was bought in anticipation of future equipment purchases. The pier design will allow barge unloading operations regardless of water levels. Once the new pier is complete and operational, grant funds will be used to demolish the existing pier, which is more than 60 years old and is structurally unsound, according to grant documents. Currently, the port's stevedore unloads barges via a ramp, but that can be problematic in high- or low-water conditions. "In the short -term, having this will allow us to take away that uncertainty with the water levels," Kleemann said. "In the long -term, it will allow us to market ourselves better to be able to unload different types of material and unload directly from barge to truck." The pier will also allow the potential for the port to load barges directly from trucks, something that has not been possible in the past, Kleemann said.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	40
页码：	6,4