Barge Quotes

You stand up in the saddle, do a somersault off, hit the ground, come up and split the neck and then go down for a single vault and back into the saddle. It was a lot of fun. - Wilma Hybarger

Without the support of all the (private) groups, that funding problem, of course, would be even more profound. - Don Barger

With rates backed up, a lot more people see value in bonds. - Bill Hornbarger

With our location on the Illinois River, we can capture barge service moving southbound toward New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We also have customers that move gas north to Chicago, and they take advantage of empty barges on the backhaul to move product back to their facilities. - Jim Redding

Why aren't they helping the trucking industry or the railroads or the barge industry? If they help one, they need to help all. - John Pincavage

While the Mississippi River itself continues to be a major hub of commerce, port facilities and agri-business are currently plagued by a number of problems that include a shortage of barges, workers and truck drivers at a critical time in the nation's grain harvest. - Bob Goodlatte

When I sit down in a chair and get up, I can hardly move. As long as I'm moving on a horse, I feel fine, so I'm going to keep on doing it. - Wilma Hybarger

What the market is saying is that implicit in what he's talking about is a suggestion that we are going to see higher rates. - Bill Hornbarger

We've got about 200 tons on hand. It's coming but they said there might be some shortages due to the barges. Most of them like Louisiana and everything else down there. They're using them down there. - Leo Mitkoski