No blog yog tshwm sim los ntawm ib tsab xov xwm luam tawm rau LinkedIn los Kathryn Sarnecki, vice president ntawm redevelopment thiab harbor tswj ntawm tus neeg dawb huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai.

Economic Contribution

Tus dej Mississippi river tseem yog ib tug economic cav rau lub nroog saint Paul thiab lub xeev minnesota. Nws connects Minnesota teb rau lub ntiaj teb no marketplace, ua raws li ib tug txuj kev ncau ntau modal hub rau cov khoom, muab cov hauj lwm uas txwv tej barriers nkag teb chaws, thiab zoo contributes rau cov nyiaj ua se tau puag. Tsis tau muaj tseem yuav tau ib theem ntawm tsis lwm tus dej shipping hauv peb lub zej zog.

Kuv feem ntau tag los ntawm pes tsawg tus neeg tsis paub tias neeg dawb huv Paul muaj ib tug dej chaw nres nkoj.  Lawv pom barges los thiab nce thiab nqis tus dej, thiab pom cov lag luam positioned raws tus ntug dej, tiam sis yeej tsis muab ob ua ke. Lawv tsis paub tias qhov teeb meem loj coj mus muag yog zoj zis rau tus dej, thaum Disease fact, neeg dawb huv Paul muaj tus dej coob chaw nres nkoj hauv lub xeev. Kuv yuav kwv yees tias nyob rau xyoo 2018, kwv yees li ntawm 7 lab tons ntawm npas kis los ntawm qhov chaw nres nkoj ntawm saint Paul.

Yog hais tias nws tsis yog rau dej shipping, Minnesota producers tsis tau li sis tw nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no marketplace.  Raws li lub Minnesota Department of Transportation, tshaj 50 feem pua ntawm peb lub xeev agriculture exports yog shipped ntawm tus dej Mississippi river, pib kom deb li deb qaum teb li neeg dawb Huv Paul thiab ua lawv txoj kev rau lub Gulf of Mexico. Barges ces kis rau oceangoing hlab ntsha thiab xa mus rau lawv destinations kawg destinations thoob ntiaj teb. Npas yog tauj rau lub teb chaws kom deb li deb Suav teb, Colombia, Nyiajpoom teb, thiab kaus lim qab teb.

Cov kev pab cuam ntawm Shipping rau tus dej Mississippi dej

Raws li teb chaws Asmeskas pab tub rog Corps ntawm Engineers, "Barges yog zoo suited rau qhov no loj quantities ntawm tej npas thiab nyoos khoom ntawm ib tug kuj tsawg. Cov no yog nyoos los yog feem ntau manufactured khoom uas feem ntau muab cia rau txoj kev ntxiv los yog noj los yog transshipped rau teb chaws ciaj uas muag txawv tebchaw." Nyob rau hauv saint Paul, sab saum toj imports muaj fertilizer, cement, aggregate thiab txoj kev ntsev. Sab saum toj exports muaj xws li soybeans, pob kws, nplej, nplej, thiab scrap hlau.

Tus efficiency ntawm dej shipping, paired nrog ib 10 xyoo khiav ntawm ib tug economy cog economy, tau coj kom thov nyob rau hauv cov kiab khw. Txhua lub hlis, peb tau hu los ntawm tuam txhab uas muag xav xauj tsev nyob rau ntawm tus dej – qhov chaw peb tsis muaj. Teb, peb tau pom muaj tswv yim los txuas nrog shippers nrog xauj tsev xauj. Peb tam sim no muaj xauj maximizing lawv tej chaw los ntawm kev khiav hauj lwm intermodal terminals uas muab invaluable transloading, cia, thiab tuav lwm tus neeg cov khoom.

Tam sim no txoj kev sib tw rau tus dej Mississippi river

Hnub no, peb biggest xav tau infrastructure nyiaj. Npaum peb infrastructure tau mus txog rau thaum kawg ntawm nws lub neej pab tau thiab peb nyob nraum kev khiav hauj lwm nrog ntiv tes hla ntawd txhua shipping caij yuav ua lag ua luam li ib txwm.  Peb xav kom muaj ntau proactive nyob rau hauv peb lub cev kho thiab upgrades. Peb yuav nrhiav nyiaj txiag rau ntau yaam num ntawm tsoom fwv teb chaws, lub xeev thiab hauv zos.

Peb biggest zoo tuaj ntawm lub koom haum Minnesota Ports association uas muaj xws li neeg dawb huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai, Duluth Seaway chaw nres nkoj cai, liab tis chaw nres nkoj cai thiab Winona chaw nres nkoj cai. Ua ke, peb advocate rau infrastructure nyiaj txiag ntawm lub Minnesota legislature. Nyob rau xyoo 2018, $5.2 vam tau muab rau txoj kev loj hlob Ports Assistance Program, tswj los ntawm Minnesota Department of Transportation. Tag nrho cov tswv cuab ntawm lub koom haum Ports muaj lub sijhawm los thov nyiaj pab los ntawm cov nyiaj no.

Tus neeg dawb Paul chaw nres nkoj cai yog hmoov zoo tau $2 lab (million) rau upgrade Barge Terminal ib nrog ib loading chaw nres tsheb tshiab loading chaw nres tsheb tshiab. Peb muaj ib tug xauj tsev uas yuav nqis peev pab ntxiv $7 vam rau hauv qhov chaw.  Thiab thaum no muaj zog pib, ntxiv pej xeem thiab lwm yam kev nqis peev uas yuav tsum tau mus ntsib yav tom ntej infrastructure xav tau thiab khaws Minnesota ib tug tseem ceeb freight node nyob hauv lub teb chaws.