Wurtland Riverport

04/17/2022

02/25/2022

Next week is Severe Weather Awareness Week for all of Kentucky.

On Wednesday there will be a statewide tornado safety drill. This will be a good time to practice your plan at home or work. As spring is fast approaching, so will the threat for severe weather.

Be prepared!

Details: https://bit.ly/3JRzJyl

01/15/2022

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Ohio, northeast Kentucky and central, northeast, southeast, southern and western West ...

10/20/2021

Vesuvius is pleased to announce the expansion of our Wurtland, Kentucky manufacturing facility. This decision will allow further optimization of our supply chain and enable the continued quality and service for our customers.

This expansion will provide 15 new jobs, which are open immediately.

Vesuvius USA is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

10/20/2021

Located in Greenup County, the Ashland Regional Airport is 6 miles northwest of Ashland, KY on the Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia border, just a few miles from the Wurtland Riverport and EastPark.

Our location strives to meet your needs and makes your stay in Greenup County and the Ashland area (whether short or long term) as comfortable as possible. With our wide range of services and up-to-date facilities, your satisfaction is our most important priority on our list.

10/20/2021

UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

• AEP/Kentucky Electric Power
• Columbia Gas of Kentucky, 6-inch line on site
• Wurtland Water Department, 8-inch main
on site, 1.1 million gpd excess capacity
• Sewer Department, 8-inch gravity flow main on site, 374,000 gpd excess capacity
• Broadband providers: Windstream,
Armstrong Utilities, Spectrum Cable

INDUSTRIES IN AREA

• Steel of West Virginia
• Vesuvius, steel services products
• Pregis Corp., Plastic foam and foam films
• Veolia., sulfuric acid
• DropBox, Inc.
• Great Lakes Minerals, LLC
• CSXT
• Expro Explosives
• Progress Rail

10/20/2021

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

• Main highway access via Kentucky 67
(Industrial Parkway); I-64 interchange
16 miles via
• Kentucky 67. U.S. 23, 0.3 mile from port,
I-64 interchange 19 miles via U.S. 23
• CSX rail service on site with liquid
trans-load facility
• Ashland Regional (general aviation) 2 miles,
Commercial airports: Tri-State Airport,
Huntingdon, WV., 20 miles; Yeager Airport,
Charleston WV. (CRW) 65 miles; nearest
major hub, Cincinnati (CVG) 135 miles

10/20/2021

SITE CHARACTERISTICS

• 20 acres total acreage available
• Terrain: Flat
• Ownership: Port authority owns 14 developed
acres at site, and 15 undeveloped acres
downstream. Greenup and Boyd Counties
own an additional 35 acres in the immediate
vicinity. Another 90 acres is privately owed
• Warehousing: 25,000-SF warehouse on site,
currently short-term leased for handling
of aggregate
• Services: Barge-to-truck offloading for
granular commodities and break-bulk
commodities; truck to storage for granular
and break-bulk commodities
• Stevedoring by McGinnis, Inc.
• Transload support for EastPark
• Foreign-Trade Zone

10/20/2021

KEY ADVANTAGES

• Highly Competitive Land Prices
• Stevedore service available
• Marathon Marine Barge Company,
largest U.S. Barge operator is
headquartered in Boyd County
• CSX Rail with liquid trans-load facility
• Foreign Trade Zone 278