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In the barge business, this year has been "consistent, predictable and profitable"

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
May 1, 2024
At Golding Barge Line in Vicksburg, Mississippi, volume and demand are stable, but rising prices continue to pose a challenge.
"Our equipment is more expensive than ever, to repair it is more expensive than ever," says Austin Golding of Golding Barge Line. "The ability for me to grow is really inhibited by that cost structure."
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Is shipping goods by barge good for the environment?

by Eric Schmid
Sep 18, 2023
Barges can move cargo with less fuel than a truck or train. But environmental experts are skeptical of emissions calculations.
A 15-barge tow approaches a lock and dam complex near Granite City, Illinois. Environmentalists say the carbon emissions generated by transit through locks and dams need to be better understood.
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Life on America's rivers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
May 10, 2019
"They hate her when they're with her and they miss her when they're gone" said Melody Golding, author of a new book about America's riverboat pilots.
Cannelton Locks on the Ohio River
Courtesy of Melody Golding
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Trump's talk about waterway infrastructure had 'a lot of red meat' for the industry

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 12, 2017
We just need to figure out the trillion-dollar funding, the president of a Mississippi barge company says.
President Trump speaks about transportation and infrastructure projects at a marina on the Ohio River in Cincinnati on June 7. 
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Voters in the south sold on Trump's infrastructure plan

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 17, 2016
Austin Golding, co-owner of Golding Barge Line, talks about his hopes under a Trump presidency
Donald Trump supporters listen to him speak at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on January 2, 2016 in Biloxi, Mississippi.   
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Barge owner talks oil and taxes

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 11, 2014
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal checks in with barge owner Austin Golding.
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Fracking is buoying up the Mississippi barge business

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 11, 2014
A Mississippi barge line owner says new money is flowing from an unlikely place.
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Barge owner talks oil and uncertainty

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 28, 2013
Marketplace checks back in with Austin Golding, co-owner of Golding Barges Line in Mississippi.
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