Plans for a new all-water container-on-vessel (COV) trade lane between the Port of Plaquemines on the Lower Mississippi and the Midwest continue to move along.
A key part of the plan, which has been some five years in the making, is the patented, state-of-the-art, purpose-built, exoskeleton-hulled vessels that will carry the containers.
They will come in two classes – the liner vessel that will move containers on the Mississippi River and smaller, hybrid vessels that will operate on tributary...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/river-container-vessel-project-reports-progress/