Transporting the Nation’s Commerce to Domestic Markets and Beyond

Marquette Transportation serves a wide range of customers whose cargos are just as diverse. Agribusinesses, freight companies, utilities, barge lines, oilfield and construction companies depend on Marquette to move dry, liquid and specialized cargos by barge along the Mississippi River System, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and offshore to markets in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The following describes just some of the commerce Marquette transports throughout the year.

Dry cargos

Grain (such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice)
Aggregates (such as sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, or recycled crushed concrete)
Feed products
Coal and coke
Fertilizer
Salt
Steel and steel products
Industrial equipment
Building materials
Oilfield structures and equipment
Pipe
Dredge equipment
Industrial equipment and project cargo
Concrete pilings

Liquid cargos

Fuel and oil products
Refined products (such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel)
Petrochemicals
Agricultural chemicals
Pressurized products (butane, propane, butadiene)

Specialized moves (heavy or unusually shaped equipment)

Riverboat casinos
Construction equipment
Oilfield equipment
Mining vehicles
Containers
Generator sets
National Guard equipment