There are 7 article(s) tagged Memphis & Shelby County Port Commission:

• March 2023

  • CBHS pitcher voted first spring sports player of the week

    Riley Goodman pitched a complete-game, five-inning no-hitter as the Brothers defeated North Pontotoc (Mississippi) 16-0.

    By John Varlas March 24, 2023

• January 2022

  • House committee questions TVA power rates

    A nine-page letter from Capitol Hill questions a central tenet of TVA’s pitch for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to remain the federal agency’s largest customer for electric power.

    By Bill Dries January 15, 2022

• January 2020

  • TVA, Memphis ask big things of each other

    Memphis wants TVA's property at McKellar Lake for a big, new river port. TVA wants Memphis to remain as a long-term power customer. Will both get what they want?

    By Tom Bailey January 13, 2020

• October 2019

  • Presidents Island rail upgrade chugging along

    An addition of nearly a mile of new railroad tracks to the Port Commission public terminal on Presidents Island should be finished by May 31, 2020.

    By Wayne Risher October 16, 2019

• October 2018

  • Port master plan envisions heavy capital investment, big rewards

    A new master plan for the Port of Memphis calls for infrastructure upgrades to keep Presidents Island stable and a concerted push to maximize the potential of 2,300 undeveloped acres in nearby Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

    By Wayne Risher October 18, 2018

• September 2018

  • Ceremony to mark completion of $4.5M levee drainage project

    When the Mississippi River rose to historic levels in 2011, local officials observed water seeping under the levee that protects the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park near Presidents Island.

    By Michelle Corbet September 18, 2018

  • More employees fuel need for second industrial entrance

    The Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission is working to secure state funds to create a second entrance, or exit, where the road inside the industrial park currently dead ends on the south side.

    By Michelle Corbet September 18, 2018