Local officials and port workers celebrated the opening today of a new $6 million dock that will serve ocean vessels at Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor. Partially funded by a U.S. Maritime Administration FASTLANE Grant, the project involved constructing more than 500 feet of new dock space that will handle bulk shipments via ocean vessels, lake carriers and river barges at the Lake Michigan port.
The celebration took place on the new “Berth 5” dock, located on the port’s northeast harbor, and was...