River commerce riding a wave
LR port’s tonnage way up, buoyed by business from pipe maker
Posted: November 6, 2009 at 5:47 a.m.
Workers unload 80-foot-long pipes, bound for a Fayetteville Shale natural-gas project, from a barge Thursday at the Little Rock Port.
Despite swollen rivers and an economic downtown, commerce along the Arkansas River is barging ahead, already surpassing last year’s tonnage.
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Business, Pages 36 on 11/06/2009
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