A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A BARGE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT HELENA, ARKANSAS

The purpose of the study is to explore the feasibility of constructing a barge manufacturing and/or repair facility on a specific site near Helena, Arkansas. The study will present an overview of the existing barge manufacturing and repairing industry. It will recommend the type and magnitude of product and/or service to be offered, the market strength, sales and advertising considerations, and other factors related to market penetration. The site and its environs will be throughly investigated in terms of specifics such as access, utilities, soil conditions, etc.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Ellers, Reaves, Fanning and Oakley, Inc., Memphis, Tenn.
• Corporate Authors:

  Arkansas Business Development Corporation

  Union National Bank
  Little Rock, AR  United States 

  Ellers, Reaves, Fanning and Oakley, Incorporated

  Memphis, TN  United States 

  Economic Development Administration

  14th Street, Between E St and Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 219 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Economic analysis; Economic development; Economic factors; Industries; Level of service; Local government; Manufacturing; Market assessment; Planning; Repairing; Shipbuilding; Surveying; Surveying; Technical assistance; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Geographic Terms: Arkansas; Mississippi River
• Old TRIS Terms: Barge construction; Barge repair; Economic analysis (Barge construction); Waterway transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154582
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EDA-77-024
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM