Portside Magazine: Mount Vernon Megasite

COVER STORY:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mount Vernon Megasite...................................................... 4
SPOTLIGHT: Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon
• Community Profile......................................................... 6
• Meet the Port Companies............................................ 7
CIMBAR Performance Minerals
Consolidated Terminals and Logistics Co.
PORT REPORTS:
• Burns Harbor................................................................... 8
Special delivery: ICARUS arrives
• Jeffersonville.................................................................. 9
Major projects & investments make Jeffersonville “port of opportunity”
FROM THE BOARD ROOM:
• Investing in infrastructure drives
future growth................................................................10
• Governor appoints two new commissioners
to Ports board...............................................................10
FAST FACTS ABOUT INDIANA
CONNECTS TO TWO
“MARINE HIGHWAYS”
THAT CARRY
33 MILLION
TRUCKLOADS OF
CARGO PER YEAR
RANKS
6TH
IN DOMESTIC
WATERBORNE
SHIPPING
Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Seaway
Inland Waterways System
(Ohio-Mississsipi Rivers)
RANKS
11TH
IN TOTAL
WATERBORNE
SHIPPING
57%
OF STATE’S
BORDER IS
WATER
Ports of Indiana Directory.................................................11
MEET THE TEAM: PORT OF INDIANA-MOUNT VERNON
Phil Wilzbacher, Port Director
Role: Leads business development efforts and directs day-to-day operations for the port.
Joined: January 2002
Background: A native of southwest Indiana, Phil has over 25 years experience in the shortline
railroad and grain industries, including roles with the Indiana Rail Road Co., Indiana Southern
Railroad, Cargill Inc. and The Pillsbury Company.
Randy Kennedy, Operations Manager
Role: Manages all maintenance activities and day-to-day operations of port facilities.
Joined: July 2004
Background: Spent 10 years in Colombia, South America as an operations superintendent with
Drummond Coal Ltd. exporting coal. Previously worked in operations for a mine sampling
company and Vectren Energy.
Kasia Kaffenberger, Administrative Assistant
Role: Provides accounting and administrative support for port operations.
Joined: August 2013
Background: Previously worked as a machine operator at Infinity Molding & Assembly and in the
legal and classified ad department at the Mount Vernon Democrat.
Bruce Willis, Maintenance Leadman
Role: Performs grounds, building and infrastructure maintenance for port facilities.
Joined: February 1982
Background: First started working at the port part-time as a high school junior in 1979 and has
spent over 35 years providing maintenance services for both the Mount Vernon and Jeffersonville
Ohio River ports.
Ports of Indiana
150 W. Market St., Ste. 100
Indianapolis, Ind. 46204
317-232-9200
Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon
2751 Bluff Road
Mount Vernon, Ind. 47620
812-838-4382
Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor
6625 S. Boundary Drive
Portage, Ind. 46368
219-787-8636
Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville
1402 Port Road
Jeffersonville, Ind. 47130
812-283-9662
www.portsofindiana.com
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