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Author: Ken Eriksen | Number of pages: 34 | PDF and
Hard-Copy Report
This continuing study, now in its 34th year of distribution,
identifies the line haul, commodity-carrying fleet of inland barges
operating on the Mississippi River System, its connecting waterways
and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The scope of the study does not
include any rivers or canals flowing into the Pacific or the
Atlantic Oceans.
Data and information are gathered primarily through an annual
survey of operators, but also from personal contacts, use of
available Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Coast Guard
statistics, company internet websites and reference to historic
research materials. For purposes of the Barge Fleet Profile, all
tank barges except double hull barges are counted as single hull.
Operators are to include information for equipment they operate as
of December 31, 2020.
Who is included? Operators actively engaged in the movement of
cargo including both carriers for hire and private carriers. IHS
Markit does not survey owners of record nor lessors because of the
probability of duplication. The survey also attempts to verify
those barges that are cross-chartered between carriers in a further
effort to avoid double counting. Operators of chartered equipment
list those barges with their active fleet.
Barge Commodity Profile Report 2021
Author: Ken Eriksen | Number of pages: 42 | PDF and
Hard-Copy Report
This report summarizes movements of commodities and products on
the inland river system by type of barge while using pressure
indices on the available barge fleet to assess the supply of barges
relative to the demand for barges. The US inland river system
comprises the navigable areas of the Upper and Lower Mississippi
River, and Ohio River Systems. The data and information in this
report was compiled from the Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne
Commerce of the United States and IHS Markit's annual Barge Fleet
Profile report. The Corps data is through 2018 while the barge
fleet data is through 2020. Commodity data through 2020 is IHS
Markit estimates.
Each report is available as PDF report that is emailed
to you, and as part of these report service, report purchasers can
attend an exclusive live two-hour webinar, with IHS Markit's
transportation experts to comprehensively discuss the report
findings, with an additional opportunity for in-house client
seminars.
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