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The modern Port of Chicago links inland canal and river systems in the Midwestern United States to the Great Lakes, giving the global shipping market access to the St. Lawrence Seaway and linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois Waterway and the Mississippi River.
The Illinois International Port District's Iroquois Landing facility situated at the southwest corner of Lake Michigan and the entrance of the Calumet River, sits on 190 acres and receives international ship traffic through the St. Lawrence Seaway.
For 15 years, Chicago has tried and failed to win a federal grant to rebuild the principal dock at its main Lake Michigan port. During this time, the 113-year-old dock has never stopped...
The Illinois International Port District (IIPD) owns nearly 2,000 acres of industrial and recreational land on Chicago’s southeast side. This area of Chicago, known as the Calument Industrial Cooridor has long served as a manufacturing and freight center of national importance.
Real-time updates about vessels in the Port of CHICAGO USCHI: expected arrivals, port calls & wind forecast for CHICAGO Port, by MarineTraffic.
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring at least 390 others.
The Port Chicago Disaster: 320 American Lives Forever Remembered. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion jolted the San Francisco East Bay area, shattering windows and lighting up the night sky.