Sentence examples for barge service from inspiring English sources

Mr. Coleman said the barge service should reduce the backlog of containers in the Port of New York, which is actually in New Jersey.

Plans to launch a logistically simple barge service between Newark, N.J., and Bridgeport died this summer after some Bridgeport residents objected to truck traffic and pollution.

The study, conducted by Management and Transportation Associates Inc. of Essex, found that a container barge service could save more than $36 million a year.

But in recent years, it has remained closed, in part because the city was embroiled in a legal battle with the New York Cross Harbor Railroad, which previously operated the barge service to and from New Jersey, Mr. Nelson said.

A final report due by mid-May will gauge demand for ferry and barge service in New York City, Westchester, Connecticut and Long Island and will estimate how much ferries and barges could reduce traffic congestion.

Joseph L. Bruno, the State Senate majority leader, who represents Rensselaer County across the river, said the jobs were sorely needed in the capital, as well as the cheaper shipping costs that businesses are expected to enjoy once the barge service begins.

It argues that the replacement of the present barge services with hub-and-spoke networks would be a promising strategy.

This paper presents and evaluates an opportunity to improve the competitiveness of container barge transport in the hinterland of Rotterdam through a reorganization of container barge services.

The company provides liquid and dry bulk storage facilities for bulk chemicals, motor fuels, industrial fuel oil and retail gas; ship bunkering; commercial shipping; and tug and barge services.

China Merchants Holdings is also developing marine logistics services relating to the port industry, which include the Bonded Logistics Park in Shenzhen, Qingdao and the Tianjin Haitian Bonded Logistics Zone, apart from the fast and safe information platforms serving for its terminals, logistics parks and customers, and the South China Shuttle Barge Services to Shenzhen western terminals.

River cruising in France will turn more luxurious in May when the Chardonnay, an all-suite 50-passenger hotel barge, enters service for Continental Waterways.