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In 2004, it was rated as the country's third-worst traffic bottleneck, with approximately 400,000 vehicles using it per day. [3] [4] In a 2010 study of freight congestion (truck speed and travel time), the U.S. Department of Transportation ranked this section of I-290 as having the worst congestion in the United States. [5]
Although in reality both are laid up due to their high operating costs and less than green credentials in terms of fuel burned in transporting one unit of cargo per nautical miles traveled. Originally built in 1972 and 1973 as high-speed container ships known as SL-7s for SeaLand, the ships' high operating costs limited their profitability.
C.T.C. No. 1 is a 620-foot-long cargo hauler brought to the south Chicago ports in 1982. With a capacity of 16,300 tons, this ship was used for storage and transfer of cement until its termination in 2009. The ship hasn't moved since its termination and then purchase by the Grand River Navigation Co., Traverse City, MI. [7]
The port of registry for the ship is in Monrovia, Liberia. [1] The ship is 336.7m in length and 321m across the beam. [1] The MSC Chicago has a depth of 27.2 m, and a draught of 15m. [1] The vessel is powered by a Man B&W 12K98MC-C engine, capable of producing 68,520 kW(93,159 hp) driving 1 propeller. [1] This ship's maximum speed is 25kt. [1]
Congestion at Singapore's container port is at its worst since the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign of how prolonged vessel re-routing to avoid Red Sea attacks has disrupted global ocean shipping - with ...
A large cargo ship lost control of its engines and went nearly full throttle through a South Carolina harbor Wednesday, prompting the closure of one of the busiest bridges in the state. Harbor ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Johnson’s plan follows in the footsteps of one recently instituted in New York City and comes just days after a new Inrix study found that the city is tied with New York for having the second ...