Most commercial shipping on the Tennessee River is provided by barges, which deliver on average half a million tons of cargo to Knoxville per year, mostly asphalt, road salt, and steel and coke.Rebecca Ferrar, "Rollin' On the River ", Knoxville News Sentinel, August 22, 2004. Retrieved: January 1, 2012. Burkhart Enterprises operates the city's most active public barge terminal at its Forks of the River facility, handling approximately 350,000 tons of barge cargo per year. Knoxville Barge and Chattanooga-based Serodino, Inc., provide barge shipping services to and from the city.
most commercial shipping on the tennessee river is provided by barges which deliver on average half a million tons of cargo to knoxville per year mostly asphalt road salt and steel and cokerebecca ferrar "rollin' on the river " knoxville news sentinel august 22 2004 retrieved january 1 2012 burkhart enterprises operates the city's most active public barge terminal at its forks of the river facility handling approximately 350000 tons of barge cargo per year knoxville barge and chattanooga-based serodino inc provide barge shipping services to and from the city