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Document ID: MARAD-2008-0096-0003
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Maritime Administration
Received Date: October 21 2008, at 03:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: October 22 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 9 2008, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: February 6 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8076d1c2
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This is comment on Rule

Americas Marine Highway Program

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If possible, it would be good to study cost-effectiveness of development of container ports with cranes for loading barges with containerized freight to ship on the Mississippi River between Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota and New Orleans, Louisiana, and all points in between. Container Rail Ports in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area are already heavily congested and being able to ship some containers via barges on the Mississippi would relieve some of that congestion and create new jobs.