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原文传递 New Paducah Port Customer Barges In Raw Materials

题名：	New Paducah Port Customer Barges In Raw Materials
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	The Paducah-McCracken County (Ky.) Riverport Authority has its first new customer for its general cargo facility in years with PRCO America Inc., which has begun moving raw materials for refractory bricks via barge for the first time. The riverport received its third shipment of 1,800 sup-ersacks on February 23, Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority Executive Director Tim Cahill said. The shipments are brought from China to New Orleans in a bulk cargo vessel, then transferred to a barge and brought up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The riverport is located between Mile 1.3 and 2.0 on the left descending bank of the Tennessee River, near its confluence with the Ohio River. The port stores the bags and then trucks them for just-in- time delivery to PRCO s manufacturing plant near Mayfield, Ky. With the agreement, PRCO has become the primary customer for the port's general cargo berth, which had previously been underutilized, Cahill said. Supported by a 2021 Port Infrastructure Development Program grant, the port is also in the midst of revitalizing its bulk yard for use by existing customers, which include Pine Bluff Materials, Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel, Southern FS and Superior Graphite. The bulk yard services 31 counties in four states.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	46
页码：	3,13