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'It is really an experimental run to see how it works because we need to have a back up arrangement. The ford could fail with the next heavy rains," said Carib Cement's General Manager, Anthony Haynes.
The ford to which Haynes referred is hurriedly built across the Hope River, at Harbour View in east Kingston, to compensate for a bridge that was washed away by the raging river a month ago when Tropical Storm Gustav swept by Jamaica.According to Haynes barging products is not new or unique for Carib Cement. Indeed, he reminded that in 2002 the company barged cement from Kingston to Montego Bay, the island's second city on the north-west coast.See the full content of this document
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Carib Cement to Use Barges
CARIBBEAN CEMENT is keeping its options open of using coastal barges to transport products between its plant at Rockfort,...
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