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INLAND BARGE LOGISTICS

Last year we were at half the volume we are right now. We were doing nothing going into Memphis. Now we have that backhaul and we expect it to grow. People hear about it and they see the service is coming right to where they can get their hands on it, and that it is fairly easy. They do not have to go through two to three di? erent systems like it would if (the freight) was on the west coast or the east coast. That is appealing and our hope is that we can grab everything that wants the ? exibility to carry a little bit more cargo. Port managers are looking closely at this now, now that the system has been working for over a year.

– Richard Teubner, SEACOR Vice President

Images courtesy of SEACOR are shaking up old-school thinking. “We