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Fullen Dock Pushes Inland Frontier For Container-On-Barge Service

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—(March 10, 2004)—Until March of 2004, intermodal containers were not really "intermodal" when it came to moving them around interior North America. They were shipped by rail, truck and intracoastal vessels, but almost never by cost-efficient inland waterway barge lines.

This month, however, Memphis-based Fullen Dock and Warehouse announced an agreement to provide container-on-barge terminal services for Osprey Line, bringing low-cost container transport service to America's Distribution Center.

"Transporting container freight by river has been common in Europe for decades," explained Lanny Chalk, Fullen Dock's terminal manager. "In the U.S., cheap fuel and clear highways kept them moving by road or rail, but the rising cost of diesel and traffic congestion have made a lot of supply chain managers rethink the container-on-barge strategy. We're proud to be on the leading edge of this trend."

Osprey, a Houston-based, U.S.-flagged short-sea operator, also recently opened a unique container terminal at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, where it moves containers to international marine shipping terminals in New Orleans and Houston.

As an Osprey terminal, Fullen Dock offers full depot level container services with warehouse storage and transfer. Trucking and dispatch services are also available.
“We believe that the Memphis market offers a significant growth opportunity for our company,” Osprey Line President Rick Couch said.

Bookings, rate and schedule information is available through Osprey Line at www.ospreyline.com http://www.ospreyline.com/ phone (281) 867-1792. Terminal appointments and gate times in Memphis, TN are available through Lanny Chalk, Terminal Manager, Fullen Dock and Warehouse at (901) 358-9544.







When the historic bomber Memphis Belle needed a lift from the Millington Naval Base to its newly constructed pavillion at Mud Island in downtown Memphis, Fullen Dock got it there safe and sound.


Overview for Reporters and Editors

Fullen Dock and Warehouse is a full-service intermodal river terminal and warehousing facility located at Mile 740 of the lower Mississippi River, immediately north of Downtown Memphis. Fullen Dock clients include barge brokers, freight forwarders, and manufacturers requiring barge services, harbor and tug services, transshipment, trucking and storage within the Mid-South (Memphis, Tenn.) and to other continental U.S. regions. Fullen Stone stores, sells and transports a wide variety of aggregate products to the regional construction trade. Founded in 1979 in Memphis, "America's Distribution Center," Fullen is located near the junction of I-40 and I-55, with open rail access to CSXT, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. For more information on Fullen Dock and Warehouse or Fullen Stone, visit www.fullendock.com or call 800-467-7104.

Expert interview contacts and guest columnists

Fullen Dock provides expert interview contacts and guest columnists to trade publications and other press, as well as panelists for trade conferences. Their areas of expertise include inland waterways, doing business and working on the Mississippi River, the steel industry (distribution and logistics), intermodal logistics, homeland security (as it relates to inland waterways), and Memphis as a distribution center.

Press Contact: Brad Carmony, inferno, 901.278.3773, 980-429-0189 (cell), brad@creativeinferno.com

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