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02 MOST IMPORTANT WATERWAY
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Every project starts with an distance of inland trucking was soybean, and wheat shipments exit
extensive preparation phase only 130km from river terminal to the country via the Gulf, and within
executed by a team of experienced final destination, TSA. the country itself products such as,
transport expert. petroleum, fertilizer, sand, gravel,
In case of transport by river, tug mulch, steel, are shipped up and
This includes the planning of the boat was replaced three times down its major tributaries.
vessel's stability, the stowage, the at half point of river so shipment
required material and the lifting could be transported safely and For barges to travel safely along
operation. As we did before, we delivered cargoes in the expected the more than 2,000 miles of the
carefully inspected allotted space time without any delay which Mississippi, a minimum 3 meter
for the cargoes and found it to be could be occurred by mechanical depth and 30.50 meter width must
clean, dry and fit for the stowage/ problem of boat. be maintained.
carriage of the shipments to be
loaded at this port. For your reference, the Mississippi
River is the country’s most
Total distance of transport in USA important waterway where under
was 1,800km. What is the unique normal conditions about $7 billion
of this shipment was that cargoes worth of commodities is shipped
were moved 1,670km by tug boat in December and January alone.
on the river of Mississippi and the Some 55 to 65 percent of U.S. corn,
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