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Good News/Bad News: on the Inland Waterways …

Two different but both trusted sources of reliable data (January 2017).” Conducted by the Texas Transportation recently provided analysis of nation’s inland waterways; Institute’s Center for Port and Waterways at Texas A&M albeit in different ways and for different reasons. Both ad- University, it has been updated many times. The 2017 up- dress the importance of inland waterways and their value date addresses cargo capacity, congestion, emissions, ener- to the supply chain. The contrasting messages point to gy ef