Domestic Water Carriers Part Two

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Domestic Water Carriers Part Two

• Marketing Logistics

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Mississippi River System
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Mississippi River System

• It is the longest river in the worldit seems
  safe to say that it is the most crooked river in
  the world, since in one part of its journey it
  uses up to one thousand three hundred miles to
  cover the same ground that the crow would fly
  over in six hundred and seventy-five. Mark
  Twain

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Barge Transportation
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Barge Transportation

• Fuel efficient Upper Mississippi River towboats
  can move 514 ton-miles with one gallon of fuel.
  Lower Mississippi 1,200 ton-miles.
  Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation.

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Barge Transportation - 2

• One study showed that one gallon of fuel can move
  one ton
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation

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Barge Transportation - 2

• One study showed that one gallon of fuel can move
  one ton
• 59 miles by truck.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation

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Barge Transportation - 2

• One study showed that one gallon of fuel can move
  one ton
• 59 miles by truck.
• 202 miles by rail.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation

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Barge Transportation - 2

• One study showed that one gallon of fuel can move
  one ton
• 59 miles by truck.
• 202 miles by rail.
• 514 miles by barge.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation

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Barge Transportation - 3

• Mode comparisons, BTUs of energy per ton-mile of
  cargo.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation.

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Barge Transportation - 3

• Mode comparisons, BTUs of energy per ton-mile of
  cargo.
• Truck 2,100.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation.

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Barge Transportation - 3

• Mode comparisons, BTUs of energy per ton-mile of
  cargo.
• Truck 2,100.
• Rail 670 (coal train 370)
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation.

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Barge Transportation - 3

• Mode comparisons, BTUs of energy per ton-mile of
  cargo.
• Truck 2,100.
• Rail 670 (coal train 370)
• Barge upstream 580, downstream 220.
• Environmental Advantages of Inland Barge
  Transportation (1994) U.S. Department of
  Transportation.

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Barge Transportation - 4

• Carrying capacity.

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Barge Transportation - 4

• Carrying capacity.
• 1,500-ton barge 15 large rail cars or 60 25-ton
  truck trailers.

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Barge Transportation - 4

• Carrying capacity.
• 1,500-ton barge 15 large rail cars or 60 25-ton
  truck trailers.
• Typical barge tow of 15 barges (22,500 tons of
  freight) 225 rail cars or 900 25-ton truck
  trailers.

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Barge Transportation - 5

• Disadvantages.

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Barge Transportation - 5

• Disadvantages.
• Slow, limiting it to bulk commodities not
  susceptible to damage/loss by weather, theft.

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Barge Transportation - 5

• Disadvantages.
• Slow, limiting it to bulk commodities not
  susceptible to damage/loss by weather, theft.
• Reliability is lessened due to weather, winter,
  low or high water.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal
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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System).

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System).

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Rail Land Bridge
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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
• Pacific Coast Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
• Pacific Coast Waterways.

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Domestic Water Transportation Coastal/Intracoastal

• Atlantic Coast Waterways (including New York
  State Barge Canal System.
• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Key
  West).
• Gulf Coast Waterways.
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
• Pacific Coast Waterways.
• All other waterways (exclusive of Alaska).

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• End of Program.