摘要: |
Logistics pricing and supply chain challenges due to COVID have increased awareness of shipping materials by the inland waterways and the Ohio River corridor. At NAI Spring we are seeing costs of riverfront property increase dependent upon existing infrastructure as supply (usable riverfront land) is purchased for manufacturing and intermodal operations. The Ohio River from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh (including the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Kanawha rivers) is undergoing significant change from the coal power and steel manufacturing past to a petrochemical and plastics future. Abundant natural gas from the Utica and Mar-cellus shale area combined with Shell Polymers investment in plastics production in Monaca, Pa., have significantly improved awareness of the viability of the inland waterways system to reach 70 percent of the North American manufacturers within a 700-mile radius. |