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Fertilizer, iron and steel help push Arkansas River tonnage higher in the first quarter

Fertilizer, iron and steel help push Arkansas River tonnage higher in the first quarter
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Arkansas River tonnage up 10% in the first quarter, barge demand high

Traffic on the river is up compared to last year, and one port operator says could have been even more robust if shippers had access to more barges.

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Feds to fund Arkansas River deepening work, project to control flooding and erosion

The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has put the first significant funding into a decades-long effort to deepen the Arkansas River navigation channel to 12-feet.

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