First Ship Sails after Latest Mississippi River Channel Deepening

[Sherman A1]

The first vessel has sailed from the Mississippi River with a draft of 47.7 feet following the newly increased draft at 48 feet.

The M/V CSSC Le Havre, operated by Cargill International with a cargo from Alliance Coal, LLC, is destined for the Far East and loaded over 112,000 metric tons on December 23, 2021.

HOST served as both the vessel agent and terminal operator for the voyage.

“When the Crescent River Pilots who oversee navigation of vessels in the this stretch of river announced the increase in depth on Dec. 20, the Host Agency team sprang into action working with the master, shippers, owners, operators and terminal to increase the cargo to be loaded by over 2,000 tons with less than 24 hours’ notice,” said Chris Kitsos, Senior Operations Manager at Host Agency.

https://www.marinelink.com/news/first-ship-sails-latest-mississippi-river-493132

[Effete Snob]

1. That coal can really go places now!

[3Hotdogs]

2. Maybe I'm not understanding the post.

47.7 foot ship, going over 48ft depth.

That sound like there's two pubic hairs worth of space between the bottom of the ship and the river bed. Or does the article mean that the rive was dredged to be 48 ft. deeper than it was?