Today, Merrill's Marine Terminal on the west end of the waterfront receives about 90 ships a year, primarily exporting scrap metal and wood pulp worldwide and importing newsprint from Newfoundland.

The new funding, along with two other grants, will help fund a haul road between the IMT and neighboring Merrill's Marine Terminal, as well as new capacity for handling intermodal transport.

The money will be used to link Merrill's Marine Terminal and the International Marine Terminal, consolidate cross-docking activities, renovate a vacant warehouse and add capacity for container ...

Kansas City Southern Railway Company has received a state permit that will allow it to build a new rail and marine terminal for crude oil and refined products off State Highway 87 in Port Arthur.