- Barges are the most fuel efficient and have the lowest
emission levels compared to the other major modes of transportation: rail, highway,
and pipeline.
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- Low Transportation costs of barges have expanded the
markets for some regional natural resources. Many producers of coal, aggregates, and
forestry products could not compete for distant markets without barge service.
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- Barge Transportation carries 20% of all the coal
shipped in the United States. That is enough to produce 10% of all the electricity used in
the United States annually!
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- Statistically the safest mode of transportation in
both numbers of accidents and lives lost, barges have the lowest probability of an
accident when compared to the other major modes of transportation.
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