Describe waterway congestion and the role of infrastructure
The water ways system is composed of two major components, the inland system and then the ocean /port system. Both of these systems are experiencing issues with congestion and a lack of spending on needed infrastructure.
The inland water way system is a collection of channels, locks, waterways, and canals. Issues with aging infrastructure, and limited capacity cause routine delays. For barge traffic the average delay is more than one and a half hours, in general more than 31 percent of lock traffic is delayed.
These delays are further exacerbated by the inability of the infrastructure to deal with predictable weather issues, flooding, ice, and draught.
Turning to the ocean system the major source of delays comes from the limited capacity of the major deep draft ports. This is particularly true with the west coast ports as growth in trade with the Asian countries. In addition to the coastal ports, the inland ports are also dealing with capacity issues.
A significant issue for port traffic deals with the amount of time it takes to unload a large container ship, and the limited amount of facilities to that can accommodate the largest of these ships.
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