Crescent RIver Port Pilots - Mississippi RIver - Flipbook - Page 5
MISS I S S I P PI R IVER
90%
OF EVERY T H I N G
still travels as it
did almost 500
years ago, by ship.
Source: smithsonian.com
1
SHIP’S
CA RGO
equals the cargo of
5,800
TRUCKS
C R ESC E N T R I V E R P ORT P I LOT ’S A S S OC I AT I ON
P4
CRESCENT RI V ER P ORT P I LOT ’ S ASSOCI AT I ON
M I SSI SSI P P I RI V ER
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MASSIVE IMPACT
A ship’s length is comparable to lining up thirteen 18-wheeler trucks
or more than three football fields combined.