Grain barging returns to upper Missouri River with new grain facility

Sep 23, 2020 at 03:52 PM CST
On Sept. 9, ground was broken for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council Bluffs and Sioux City. According to the Sioux City Journal, wet weather moved the ceremony from the site of the new port to a nearby warehouse. The Blencoe facility will become the northernmost commercial port on the Missouri River, 760 miles from St. Louis. The port will be able to load or unload up to six barges at a time. A single barge can carry up to 50,000 bushels of grain.

Sep 23, 2020 at 03:52 PM CST

On Sept. 9, ground was broken for a new $11 million barge loading and unloading terminal along the Missouri River at Mile 680.5 near Blencoe, Iowa, between Council Bluffs and Sioux City. According to the Sioux City Journal, wet weather moved the ceremony from the site of the new port to a nearby warehouse. The Blencoe facility will become the northernmost commercial port on the Missouri River, 760 miles from St. Louis. The port will be able to load or unload up to six barges at a time. A single barge can carry up to 50,000 bushels of grain.