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Cargo Transport System * USA
* Virginia - Getting containers off road and up riverNorfolk,VA,USA -The Virginian-Pilot, by GREGORY RICHARDST -May 1, 2007: -- Parker Host Inc., one of Hampton Roads' longtime maritime enterprises, wants to launch a barge service between the port and Richmond, and has asked the federal government for $500,000 to seed the project... For now, the James River Barge Line is little more than a business plan with the potential to take some of the growing volume of cargo containers off Interstate 64 and U.S. 460 between Hampton Roads and Richmond... But the U.S. Maritime Administration sees merit in the proposal, which would help reduce traffic and pollution and boost a U.S. Department of Transportation initiative to move more cargo via the nation's waterways. Only 2 percent o f the nation's freight now moves that way, with the rest moving on highways and railroads... Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton said the James River Barge Line looks viable. "They have a very good business plan," he said last week...
* California - I-580 Accident Underscores Importance of Vehicle and Passenger Ferries on the Bay
San Francisco,CA,USA -Beyond Chron/KPOO FM Radio, by Harrison Chastang -Apr. 30‚ 2007: -- Sunday morning’s crash of a tanker-trailer carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline that resulted in the collapse of a McArthur Maze overpass to the Bay Bridge should encourage Bay Area transit and emergency officials to seriously consider the purchase vehicular ferries, particularly for the transport of hazardous materials during non- commute hours... Ferries and barges were routinely used to transport cars, trucks and cargo across the Bay before the construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges in the 1940s. After the bridges were built, ferry service across the Bay was discontinued until the early 1970s, when Golden Gate Transit launched its ferry fleet of passenger only service to Sausalito and Larkspur.... In additional to transporting cars across the bridge during rush hour, vehicle ferries could be used during non-commute hours to transport fuel tankers and trucks carrying other hazardous materials across the Bay. Limiting trucks with dangerous cargo to water routes could limit or entirely prevent the type of accidents that occurred Sunday on the Bay Bridge onramp. MTC and San Francisco emergency officials should seriously analyze the impact vehicle ferries would have on the Bay Area’s transit infrastructure, and how vehicle ferries can help transport emergency personnel and supplies after the next Bay Area disaster...
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