Floods Leave Barges Stuck On Mississippi ; Bottleneck Holds Up Freight, Costs Owners
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 22, 2008
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WINFIELD, Mo. The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop on the Big Muddy.
"We're basically experiencing total shutdown," said Larry Daily, president of Alter Barge Line Inc. of Bettendorf, Iowa.See the full content of this document
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Floods Leave Barges Stuck On Mississippi ; Bottleneck Holds Up Freight, Costs Owners
While the bottleneck is costing him and other barge operators tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue per day, June is...
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