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BARGE OUTFITTING

Location, Location, Location

TPG’s Chicago Dry Dock operations are centrally located to serve both the

Great Lakes and Inland Waters. Just one part of a much larger, diverse inland river service company, TPG’s newest asset looks to expand in many directions.

By Joseph Keefe

Marine Enterprises, LLC (TPG Ma- (MVBS), located at Mile 828 on the Ohio River in Mt. Ver- rine) is an operations, logistics and non, Indiana and in The Port of Indiana. Mt. Vernon Barge

TPG consulting company that specializes Service has provided quality harbor, repair and cleaning ser- in all aspects of cargo movement on the Inland Waterways vices to the Inland Waterways Industry for over 50 years. 12

System. With interests in terminals servicing the Ohio, towboats serve a dozen docks in the Port of Indiana – Mt.

Green and Illinois Rivers and expanding harbor service op- Vernon harbor area, including terminals at Uniontown and erations, TPG leverages its expertise and services to oper- West Franklin. Beyond, MVBS maintains cleaning facilities ate and manage docks, partner with shortline railroads and on the Ohio River, fully electric, holding up to eight barges trucking companies, and develop warehouses with or with- and cleaning up to four barges at one time.

out foreign trade zones for storage and value added service. Elsewhere, MVBS Jeffersonville Jeffersonville provides

TPG Marine Software – a Harbor Management System barge services include shifting, ? eeting, cleaning, and re- – was created, for example, to develop and provide ef? - pair operations and is located in the Nugent Harbor at cient and cost effective administration of barge terminals, Ohio River mile marker 596.7. ? eeting operations, stevedoring companies, port authori- TPG operates two towboats and provide ? eeting for over ties and related transportation companies and bulk materi- 100 barges there. And, operating from two positions near the als providers serviced on the U.S. Waterways. mouth of Kentucky’s Green River, Green River Barge Service

Another facet of TPG involves Mt Vernon Barge Service offers ? eeting positions for over 400 barges and provides top-

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