History of Terral River Service

HistoryWho we are and where we come from

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Terral has two focuses: 1. Bulk material handling 2. River transportation

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We operate on the Mississippi River System, the inland waterways of Louisiana and southern Arkansas, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

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Our headquarters are located in Lake Providence, LA.

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We have storage facilities, dock operations, and boat fleets strategically located throughout the Lower Mississippi region.

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We’re equipped to move and store goods ranging from fertilizer to steel, aggregates to grain, coal to cottonseed. We handle and sell these products by rail, truck or barge.

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And we have the logistics expertise to schedule these deliveries from source to destination.

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Our company’s roots stretch back to 1946, when John Terral founded a small farm supply business in Lake Providence, Louisiana.

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That company evolved into a network of several larger businesses that included a bulk material seed company and a farm supply company.

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Terral RiverService, Inc. was formed in 1992 through a merger of these two companies.

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Since then we’ve grown steadily, adding and upgrading facilities throughout the Lower Mississippi region.

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Today, we are equipped to transport, handle, and store virtually any commodity needed in the marketplace.

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In the future, we will grow with patience, always observing our long-standing principles of family values, superior service, and wise investment.

Terral is a bulk material handling and river transportation service company operating on the Mississippi River System, the inland waterways of Louisiana and southern Arkansas, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.