The Ports of Indiana has actually obtained acknowledgment from united state Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao for its management duty in the growth and also improvement of the Marine Highway M-35/ M-70 Container- on-Barge Service on the Ohio and also Upper Mississippi Rivers.
This brand-new container-on-barge solution is being established by participants of Inland Rivers, Ports & & Terminals Association (IRPT), consisting of Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon, along the inland river system linking ports and also terminals on the Ohio River and also the Upper Mississippi River; advertising container-on-barge growth.
The job will certainly sustain a river transport network on the river system that will certainly have the ability to provide products in between 3 significant entrance ports– consisting of the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and alsoSt Paul, Minnesota– and also develop brand-new profession connect with substantial public advantages, developing a structure for future profession development.
“Development of this new project involves several IRPT members working collaboratively to address the challenges industries face with the logistics of moving freight,” claimed Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon Port Director Phil Wilzbacher “As the volume of freight continues to grow, this project will reduce carbon emissions and highway maintenance, lower transportation costs and provide economic opportunities in the region. We fully anticipate that the service will offer shippers transportation alternatives by utilizing our Marine Highway network.”
“IRPT is proud of our Members and other industry professionals seeking innovative transportation opportunities such as container on barge shipping in order to alleviate congestion on surface transportation and provide an alternative to current rail supply chain routes” claimed Aimee Andres, Executive Director of IRPT. “Using container-on-barge offers not only benefits to individual shippers by way of comparable pricing and modal competition, the service offers many benefits to the nation, such as savings from surface transportation improvements and most importantly, it fulfills the nation’s increased freight needs with little impact to communities,” included Andres.
