There are 9 article(s) tagged Port of Memphis:

• January 2026

  • Subleases approved at Port of Memphis

    Subleases approved at the International Port of Memphis that will create eight to 10 new jobs and tens of millions of dollars in investment, officials said.

    By Steve Bohnel January 21, 2026

• August 2025

  • Lightning Bug Energy company alights on Memphis

    “We have a technology and energy storage specialist, and he was looking at hot points within the market of where power stored energy is needed,” said a company representative. “That’s what we found, that there was a need to have a battery in Memphis.” 

    By Dima Amro August 20, 2025

• March 2022

  • EDGE Board approves changes for Parkside at Shelby Farms Economic Impact Plan

    EDGE board approves razing a building on Presidents Island, a PILOT extension for Thrive and updates to the Parkside at Shelby Farms development. 

    By Neil Strebig March 17, 2022

• November 2020

  • Georgia port exec touts red hot growth from Memphis

    One in five intermodal shipping containers handled at the Port of Savannah’s expanding Garden City Terminal are headed to or from Memphis, and the volume is growing by double digits.

    By Wayne Risher November 17, 2020

• August 2020

  • Port of Memphis sees huge impact from containers on river

    Proposed Port of Memphis link in a container-on-barges shipping network could yield billions in benefits, Memphis-Shelby County economic development officials say.

    By Wayne Risher August 14, 2020

• July 2019

  • Navy relinquishing 42 acres on Presidents Island

    Demand is high for industrial acreage on Presidents Island, and the property that the Navy is giving the Port Commission is the largest available undeveloped tract on the island.

    By Tom Bailey July 24, 2019

• April 2019

  • River turns wheels of industry, stokes city’s economic engine

    The Mississippi River has been lubricating the economic machinery of Memphis since land speculators put down stakes where a high bluff overlooked the muddy terminus of the Wolf River.

    By Wayne Risher April 01, 2019

• January 2019

  • Port of Memphis lands state grant for major rail upgrade

    The Port of Memphis will significantly expand rail service to the public terminal on Presidents Island with a $1.7 million state grant.

    By Wayne Risher January 17, 2019

• September 2018

  • Memphis sees potential in river shipment of cargo containers

    Memphis doesn’t want to miss the boat if and when container ships start plying the Mississippi River on a regular basis.

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2018