Jerry Knapper
ESTABLISHED
Martha Ingram
Chairman Emerita
Orrin Ingram
John Ingram
Paducah, KY
Baton Rouge, LA
St. Louis, MO
Grand Rivers, KY
Columbus, KY
LaPlace, LA
Commodities We Carry
Dry Cargo Tons
% Energy-Related 62
TONS
% Agriculture-Related 12
TONS
Grain, Fertilizer
% Metals-Related 14
TONS
% Construction-Related 10
TONS
Nearly 12,000 Miles 9ft & Over 198 lock sites / 241 chambers Operated by Army Corps of Engineers
Lock & Dam Sites Areas of Congestion
The Lower Mississippi is an open river with no lock structures, allowing larger tows moving more than 80,000 tons
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Port Expansions
Currently Norfolk and Baltimore are the only East Coast (or Gulf) ports deep enough for Post-Panamax vessels New Orleans draft depth: 45 feet Necessary draft depth: 50 feet No plan in New Orleans yet
Panama Port Readiness
Norfolk Already 50 ft. depth NY/NJ 50 ft. depth estimated completed by 12/31/2014 Miami Seeking approval Charleston Planning, but no funding Savannah Hold up for spoil disposal & environmental study Houston Secured funding for 45 ft. depth, building new container terminal NOLA Operating with no announced plans
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TEUs per Flotilla: 108 x 40 = 4320 Flotillas per Post-Panamax Ship: 10,000 / 4320 = ~2.5
Final Slide
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