The Mid-America Port Commission is a three-state body established to create an intermodal port on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The Commission contains nine commissioners, the Mid-America Intermodal Port Authority, and seven Port Authority Directors. The Commission was created to support economic development in the entire Port of Burlington region, including both Iowa and Illinois. The Mid-America Port Commission is the port authority for the Port of Burlington.

The Port of Burlington Welcome Center is located in an historic building. Dedicated in 1928 under the name of the Burlington Municipal Docks, the new building was used at the time to help load barges with coal. Today, the building is a visitor center with information on attractions across the State of Iowa, information about local attractions and historic sites, and self-guided audio tours of the North and South Hill areas of the Port of Burlington. The Port of Burlington Welcome Center is open throughout the year from 9am until 4:30pm.

The Port of Burlington North Elevator Dock is owned and operated by ADM/Growmark, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company. The North Elevator Dock is used for shipping grain, and there is a grain elevator with capacity for 450 thousand bushels at the rear of the Dock. A surface track at the terminal connects with the Burlington Junction Railroad. The Port of Burlington North Elevator Dock has berthing space of 122 meters (400 feet) with alongside depth of 3 meters (10 feet) MLLW.

ADM/Growmark also owns and operates the Gulfport Elevator Dock in the Port of Burlington. Used for shipping grain, the Dock has a grain elevator with total capacity for 300 thousand bushels at the rear. The Port of Burlington's Gulfport Elevator Dock has berthing space of 152 meters (500 feet) with alongside depth of 2.7 meters (9 feet) MLLW.

The Port of Burlington South Elevator Dock is owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and operated by ADM/Growmark to ship grain. A grain elevator with total capacity for 550 thousand bushels is located at the rear of the Dock. The South Elevator Dock has berthing space of 122 meters (400 feet) with alongside depth of 3.4 meters (11 feet) MLLW.

Alliant Energy Company owns and operates the Port of Burlington Generating Station Wharf. Used for receiving coal for the power plant located at the rear, the storage area at the power plant has capacity for 100 thousand tons of coal. Surface tracks connect the storage area with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The Port of Burlington Generating Station Wharf has berthing space of 200 meters (656 feet) with alongside depth of 4.3 meters (14 feet) NPE.

Hydro Merschman LLC owns and the Burlington River Terminal operates the Port of Burlington River Terminal North Dock. The River Terminal North Dock is used to ship and receive steel products, liquid and dry bulk fertilizers, and containerized general cargo. It is also used to ship gypsum rock and coal. The Port of Burlington River Terminal North Dock has berthing space of 61 meters (200 feet) with alongside depth of 2.7 meters (9 feet) NPE.

Two surface tracks with capacity for 12 cars connect the Port of Burlington River Terminal North Dock with the Burlington Junction Railroad. At the rear are a bulk storage building and a storage dome with total capacity for 28 thousand tons of cargo. An additional building adds capacity for 500 tons, and a concrete open storage area has capacity for three thousand tons of material. A pipeline connects the wharf to four liquid fertilizer storage tanks with total capacity for more than 382 thousand gallons.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway owns the Port of Burlington River Terminal South Dock which is operated by the Burlington River Terminal. The South Dock is used to receive and ship dry bulk commodities, including coal and gypsum rock. The South Dock has berthing space of 195 meters (640 feet) with alongside depth of 3 meters (10 feet) NPE.

A surface track with capacity for 100 cars serves the 5.6-thousand square meter (60-thousand square foot) storage warehouse at the rear of the Port of Burlington River Terminal South Dock and connects it to the main line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. There is also an open storage area at the rear of the Dock with capacity for 18 thousand tons.

L.W. Matteson, Inc. owns and operates the Port of Burlington Dock to receive steel products and to handle contractors' equipment and supplies. The Port of Burlington Dock has berthing space of 69.5 meters (228 feet) with alongside depth of 3.7 meters (12 feet) NPE. At the rear of the Burlington Dock are a storage warehouse and a materials storage yard. Matteson Marine Service has fleeting areas near the Port of Burlington Dock.

Matteson Marine Service owns and operates the South Dock in the Port of Burlington to moor company-owned barges for fleeting and floating equipment for both storage and maintenance. The South Dock has berthing space of 30.5 meters (100 feet) with alongside depth of 3 meters (10 feet) NPE.

The Koch Fertilizer Storage and Terminal owns the Port of Burlington Ammonia Dock. Although it is not always in use, the wharf was used to receive anhydrous ammonia.

The wharf is connected by pipeline with a 10.5-million-gallon steel storage tank, and two surface rails connect with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The Port of Burlington Ammonia Dock has berthing space of 61 meters (200 feet) with alongside depth of 4.3 meters (14 feet) NPE.

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