River
Semo Port is located on the Mississippi
River near Cape Girardeau, MO, at
Scott City, MO. It is midway between St. Louis and Memphis. Facilities
are located on the
river and on the Port's slackwater harbor.
Mississippi River.
Semo Port is located at Mile 48
on the Upper Mississippi River, which is 48 miles upstream from Cairo,
IL, (Ohio River)
and 147 miles downstream from St. Louis (Illinois River and Missouri
River). The Corps of
Engineers maintains a minimum channel depth of nine feet, but barges
can be loaded to
twelve feet as river stages allow.
Semo Port Harbor.
Semo Port's slackwater harbor was
completed in 1988. The general cargo dock (350' x 220') followed in
1990. The harbor is
1800 feet long by 230 feet wide (at its bottom). The harbor is designed
to maintain the
same depth of water as the navigation channel in the Mississippi River
itself. The harbor
is dredged by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the
agreement under which the
harbor was built.
The 230-foot width of the harbor
consists of: (a) berthing area 40' wide,
for parking barges along the north shore; (b) navigation channel, 130'
wide; and (c)
berthing area 60' wide, for parking barges along the south shore.
The design bottom of the harbor is 296
elevation. From that depth, on each
side, the lower bank rises on a 3:1 slope to a berm (or foreshore)
which is 100 feet wide
at the original 336 elevation (approximate). The Corps of Engineers
requires that the
100-foot wide berm be maintained for bank stability and protection of
structures built on
the upper fill areas. The upper bank rises from the 336 berm on a 3:1
slope to the top of
fill, which is roughly 356 (above 500 year flood).
Fleeting. AEP River
Operations provides switchboat service and fleeting (parking) of barges. Under agreement
with Semo Port, AEP River Operations
is allowed to use undeveloped portions of the harbor for barge
fleeting, which assists
Port customers. AEP River Operations has four fleet locations in the Cape area which can
handle over 100
barges total. AEP Memco is the parent company.
Repairs.
Missouri Drydock provides barge repair, towboat
repair, and drydock services in Cape Girardeau (three miles upriver
from Semo Port).
Barge Lines. All
major barge lines (towing
companies) provide service to Cape Girardeau MO and Semo Port. In
addition to Missouri
Barge Lines, based in Cape, barge lines include:
Alter Barge Line
2117 State St #100
Bettendorf IA 52722
phone 563-344-5100 fax 563-344-5102
www.alterbarge.com
American Commercial
Barge Lines
P O Box 610 - 1701 East Market St
Jeffersonville IN 47130
phone 812-288-0100, 800-457-6377
www.aclines.com
Canal Barge Company
835 Union St #300
New Orleans LA 70112
phone 504-581-2424 fax 504-584-1505
www.canalbarge.com
Ingram Barge Company
P O Box 23049 - 4400 Harding Rd
Nashville TN 37202
phone 615-298-8200 fax 615-298-8213
www.ingrambarge.com
Marquette
Transportation Company
P O Box 1456 - 2308 South Fourth St
Paducah KY 42002
phone 270-443-9404 fax 270-442-7933
AEP MEMCO Barge Line
16090 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 600
Chesterfield MO 63017
phone 636-530-2100 fax 636-530-4100
www.memcobarge.com
For a complete list, see the Inland River Guide (phone
(314) 241-7354).
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