Institute For Environmental Studies

Corn Belt Ports - News and Media Releases

Fall 2020

"Bipartisan Congressional Letter Urges Mid-America Port Designation ,"  Waterways Journal, 26 September 2020.

"Proposed Midwest River Port aimed to bring jobs, economic opportunity to Illinois, Iowa," by Matt Sheehan, WMBD, Peoria, IL, 11-Sept. 2020.

"Designation could assist with port development," by Matt Hopf, Herald-Whig, Quincy, IL, 11-Sept. 2020.

 "Legislative leaders call for port designations," by Marco Cartolano, Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, IL, 10-Sept. 2020. 

 "Local lawmakers urge Army Corps to designate Mississippi as official port," by Sarah Hayden, Quad-Cities Times, 10-Sept. 2020.

 "LaHood & Bustos Sign Letter To Create Special MS River Port Designation," by Benjamin Cox, WLDS-WEAI, Jacksonville, IL, 10-Sept. 2020.

 "Rep. LaHood visits Quincy, talks police funding bill and port recognition," by Frank Healy, WGEM, Quincy, IL, 10-Spet. 2010.

Spring 2020

"Grains Go With The Flow: U.S. Inland Waterway System Operating Normally During COVID-19," US Grains Council, 7-May 2020.

"How Changing Federal Port Rules Create New Opportunities in Inland Shipping," by Robert Sinkler, SeaPorts Magazine, American Association of Port Authorities, 2020, Volume 1, Issue 56 (2.4M).

"Port Potential.  PSA Designation Could Raise the Profile of the Quad-Cities," by Robert Connelly, Insight - The Business Journal of the Quad-Cities, QC Times, Spring 2020, pp. 22-30 (5.8M).

"Ports of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois," by Robert Sinkler, Eddy Magazine, River Action, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2020, p. 8 (1.5M).

Winter 2019/2020

"Upper Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri Rivers Assoc. Annual Meeting to be held in Quincy," KHQA, Quincy, IL, February 6, 2020.

"Campaign For Consolidated Upper Mississippi River Port District Accelerating," David Murray, Waterways Journal, 1 February 2020.

"Revolutionizing Midwestern Ports," Robert Sinkler, Hancock County (IL) Journal Pilot, 27 January 2020.

"A Superhighway of Goods,"  Quad-City Times Editorial Board, Quad-Cities Times, 12 January 2020.

"Mercer County Among Ten Counties On Board With Push For Area Mississippi River Port," WRMJ.com, 9 January 2020.

"Iowa-Illinois Port Designation Sought Along the Mississippi," Associated Press, 9 January 2020.

"Creation of Port Could Transform River Trade in Quad-Cities Area," Robert Connelly, Rock Island (IL) Dispatch-Argus, 6 January 2020.

"Revolutionizing Midwestern Ports,"  Robert Sinkler, Capitol Currents, Waterways Council, Inc., 19 December 2019, p. 9 (3.5M).

"Mercer County Board Okays Support of Mississippi River Port Statistical Area," WRMJ.com, 8 December 2019.

Fall 2019

"The Midwest Could Soon See Two Top 100 Ports Recognized," Robert Sinkler, National Waterways Conference Newsletter, 18 October 2019, p. 8, 10 (3.3M).

"To Boost Mississippi River Business, Organizations Seek Federal Port Recognition," Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register, 14 October 2019.

"Port Designation Being Explored for Quad-City Region and Beyond,"  Jennifer DeWitt, Quad-Cities Times, 17 September 2019.

"Scott County Considers Port Designation," Collin Schopp , WVIK.org, 17 September 2019.