# Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Some good news for deep southern Illinois

> The Alexander Cairo Port District completed a project labor agreement with the Illinois AFL-CIO for construction of a new inland port at the Mississippi-Ohio confluence. The project is expected to create more than 500 union construction jobs.

- Date: 2021-04-27 · published 2021-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47776-capitol-fax-com-your-illinois-news-radar-some-good-news-for-deep-southern
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

A new inland grain port at Cairo could eventually add barge handling capacity at a key river junction, but the project is years from operation and has little near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- capitolfax.com: https://capitolfax.com/2021/04/27/some-good-news-for-deep-southern-illinois/

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