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During the wave of recent federal legislation that culminated in airline, trucking and railroad deregulation, the status of the shallow draft barge industry remained unchanged. Except for voiding the mixing rule and the rule-of-three prohibitions in the early 1970s, legislation regulating the barge industry under the Transportation Act of 1940 is unchanged. Moreover, no significant interest has been expressed in deregulating the small amount of barge commerce handled by common and contract carriers subject to Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) regulation. A number of events have occurred, however, that have begun a de facto deregulation of the common carrier segment of the barge industry. The ICC stopped requiring carriers to file financial reports. Barge companies have virtually ceased to collectively make and publish rates for regulated commerce through the Waterways Freight Bureau (WFB). Most common carrier barge operators have obtained contract carrier-operating authority. It appears that the relatively small volume of regulated barge-industry traffic is no longer handled under common carriage and published rates.

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Barges; Deregulation; Inland waterways; Rates

Economics; Highways; Marine Transportation; Society

TRIS, TRB

Mar 31 1988 12:00AM

• DEVELOPMENT OF AN INLAND PORT-LOCATION MODEL (ABRIDGMENT)
• DOUBLE-STACK CONTAINER TRAINS: ISSUES AND STRATEGIES FOR OCEAN CARRIERS
• THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF LOCK DELAYS: ESTIMATION OF LOGISTICS COST IMPACTS
• THE ROLE OF PORTS IN DOUBLE-STACK TRAIN SERVICE