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| About Big Soo Terminal |
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 With a full 8 - 8½ foot channel from late March to late November (8-month barging season), Big Soo Terminal is regarded as one of the largest diversified terminals on the inland waterways.
Big Soo Terminal began operations in 1964 with a small warehouse and office. We have been adding, improving and upgrading the facility ever since. Today, with our efficient equipment and diversified facility, we are able to handle virtually any product you may wish to transfer or store.
Materials currently handled and stored include:
| · Agricultural feed stuffs |
· Dry bulk fertilizer |
· Liquid fertilizer |
| · Steel and twine |
· Alfalfa pellets |
· Bulk feed stuffs |
| · Rolls of newsprint |
· Palletized hard goods |
· Machinery and equipment |
| · Lumber |
· Grain |
· Bone Chips |
| · Palletized feed stuffs |
· Palletized salt |
· Ore and slag |
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With our modern equipment and facilities, we can easily and efficiently store or handle your cargo. Big Soo Terminal will also build to suit potential storage of any size. For more details, please contact Big Soo Terminal. |
| Big Soo Terminal is Known for Efficiency in Every Phase of Storage |
| · Segregated bins - dry bulk and liquid storage |
| · Sprinklered flat storage for palletized goods |
| · Up-to-date and modern equipment |
| · Constant preventative maintenance |
| · Open yard storage |
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| Central Transfer Point |
| · Missouri River - Head of Navigation |
| · Chicago/NorthWestern Railway |
| · Away from congested areas - five miles south of Sioux City |
| · On Interstate 29 and intersection of Hwy 20, Hwy 75, and Hwy 77 |
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| Maximum Handling Capability |
| · Barge, rail and truck handling |
| · Dry bulk storage - 115,000 tons |
| · Work 2 barges - Fleet 12 |
| · 75-car unit train capability |
| · Unload of load barges - 5-7 hours |
| · Load out 28 dry bulk trucks per hour |
| · Unload hopper cars - 40-50 minutes |
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| Handling Capabilities |
| · Loading stations - 8 dry bulk and 5 liquid |
| · 6,000,000-gallon liquid storage |
| · Load out 28 liquid trucks per hour |
| · Direct transfer from barge, rail and truck |
| · Flat storage for thousands of pallets |
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