摘要: |
The Missouri Department of Transportation has received one of six Marine Highway Project designations from the U.S. Department of Transportations Maritime Administration (MarAd) as part of the Americas Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The application to initiate a container-on-barge service was developed in partnership with AGRIServices of Brunswick (ASB), the largest multimodal transportation provider on the Missouri River. This is MoDOT's first designation, and only 52 such designations have been approved since the programs inception in 2010. A Missouri Department of Agriculture grant to ASB was used to develop the application, with technical support from MoDOT's multimodal division. The AMHP encourages the use of Americas navigable waterways for the movement of freight and people as an alternative to land-based transportation. This container-on-barge project will expand options for the transportation of goods on inland waterways, beginning with agricultural products at ASB in central Missouri to international markets in the Gulf of Mexico as early as 2022. The service could then expand to other products along the Missouri River. |