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The Central Ohio River Business Association (CORBA) celebrated its 10-year anniversary Thursday afternoon with reflections on what the organization has accomplished over the past decade.
August 2, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
The Central Ohio River Business Association (CORBA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary September 16 with guest speakers and the unveiling of a plaque on the Newport Southbank Bridge.
The pedestrian bridge, commonly known as the Purple People Bridge, spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Ky.
“We hope to create a great event for all of our members and guests,” CORBA chairman Scott James said.
The event, from 3 to 6 p.m., will also include recognition of past chairmen Eric Thomas of Benchmark Terminals, Dave Hammond of Inland Marine, Rob Carlisle of C&B Marine and Jeff Stewart of Cincinnati Barge & Rail, each of whom served two years and helped CORBA grow along the way.
“Cincinnati’s location is one of its primary advantages that we can sell,” he said.
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Businesses considering Cincinnati are interested in knowing that by freight tonnage, the region is one of the largest inland ports in the United States, he said. They also want access to the area’s two designated foreign trade zones and multimodal transportation, both within a day’s drive to more than half the country’s population.
January 22, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
The Port of Huntington Tri-State is the nation’s busiest inland port by freight volume, according to a recently released freight analysis for 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center released data late last year showing the port has overtaken the Ports of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in total volume moved.
Both ports are statistical ports with boundaries that have changed in recent years. The Port of Huntington Tri-State was the first port in the nation to adopt a statistical boundary definition, doing so in 2000. While the previous Port of Huntington encompassed only 14 miles of the Ohio River in the area surrounding the city, the Port of Huntington Tri-State achieved approval from the Corps of Engineers to broaden its footprint. It now includes 100 miles of the Ohio River, nine miles of the Big Sandy River and 90 miles of the Kanawha Riv