Rollin’ Down the River
June 4th, 2009
I was in a meeting yesterday with Greg Pritchett, who runs the Henderson Riverport. Greg and I often work together on projects and the multi-modal Henderson Riverport Industrial Park is a popular choice of companies as it combines river, rail, and road with the general aviation airport adjacent as well.
Greg was sharing information on the port and included one of my favorite statistics.
The typical Ohio River barge includes 15 barges (3 wide, 5 deep) pushed by a towboat. Each barge carries the equivalent of 65 truck loads. This means that the typical Ohio River barge is pushing the equivalent of 975 truckloads!!
Photo by Tim Kiser, Wikimedia
