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41 Geographical Dispersion Geographical dispersion is the most formidable obstacle to a significant increase in the volume of TIH marine shipments. As noted in Chapter 1, in the section labeled "Geography of Commodity Flows," producers tend to cluster, but consumers tend to be widely dispersed throughout the country.
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42 A further complication for both chlorine and ammonia shipments is the fact that in the northern reaches of the river system (especially the Upper Mississippi River) , ice is a problem in the winter.
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43 subsidize short sea shipping in the north/south movement of containers on the West Coast of the Americas. In the committee's opinion, such water trade movement, by its very nature, cannot compete economically with truck and rail (even if subsidized)
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44 where an accident caused a loss of product from a barge. Three of these spills definitely occurred below the waterline.
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