Shallow harbors shortchange
| Oberstar |
Large commodity shippers dependent on Great Lakes vessel transportation are increasingly frustrated about shortening their loads because of insufficiently dredged harbors.
'In June, a vessel with a designed carrying capacity of 28,300 net tons left our plant in Calcite, Mich., with only a little more than 24,000 tons in her holds,' said Thomas Buck'
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