In another thread we have been OT on this subject. The consensus appears to be that it would be desirable to develop efficient Short Sea Shipping in the US, but a lot of things stand in the way of developing it. Even MARAD appears to favour it, but that doesn’t result in any meaningful action, appar…

[image] ombugge: A typical European River ship used to carry containers: [container-boat-river-7118411] This a Dutch river container ship with a wheelhouse that can be raised or lowered as required by the height of the containers on deck. The photo is self explaining.

The report based on the implementation of motorised barges was very informative but did it tell us anything that we didn’t already know. Before the industrial revolution really got going and the railways came into being we transported 25 tonnes in a barge hauled by a horse instead of 1.25 tonnes by…

That Japanese one is cool looking.

That’s it keep posting pictures that should undo the interstate highway system and trucking industry enough to change the economics of the situation.

[image] KPChief: That’s it keep posting pictures that should undo the interstate highway system and trucking industry enough to change the economics of the situation. I got caught at a RR crossing today. Must have been 500 containers on the train cars. Just then the fried cabbage kicked in, a…

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/barges-are-big-in-new-yorks-100-million-freight-plan/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=newsletter

Well at least New York is waking up and that is a good sign, then others will probably follow. Better late than never…

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An old thread but very much on topic. It all starts with baby steps… https://www.marinelink.com/news/shortsea-shipping-right-moves-finally-471638

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