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Jefferson Riverport International (commonly called Riverport) is a planned industrial community on the
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, home to companies engaged in manufacturing or distribution. It is one of the few inland industrial/port sites in the nation with single-line haul by three railroads:
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and Paducah & Louisville.Jefferson Riverport International - Riverport Today
Retrieved September 11, 2012.
It was established in the mid-1970s. The industrial park contains a variety of manufacturing and industrial production, as well as distribution and international trade. There is a Foreign Trade Zone in Riverport, designated as #29, with customs clearance in
Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...
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Riverport companies

This list of current companies is incomplete.


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Jefferson Riverport International - Companies
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