page_title: Container on barge
section_title: Mississippi River & tributaries COB
hierarchical_section_title: Container on barge / Mississippi River & tributaries COB
caption_attribution_description: English: Upper Mississippi lock and dams
context_page_description: Container on barge is a form of intermodal freight transport where containers are stacked on a barge and towed to a destination on an inland waterway.
context_section_description: There is limited use of this mode of transport because a lack of infrastructure on the upriver side in the United States.  With the development of the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal at the mouth of the Mississippi River, container on barge traffic could become mainstream.
caption: Upper Mississippi Lock and dams are 600' x 110'
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