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<div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left"><b>6. Property and Equipment</b> </div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left">Property and equipment at December 31, 2010 and 2009 is summarized as follows: </div>
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<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>December 31,</b></td>
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<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2010</b></td>
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<td> </td>
<td style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><b>2009</b></td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt;" valign="bottom"><td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><i>(in thousands)</i></td>
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<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Land</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">6,322</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">6,322</td>
<td> </td></tr>
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<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Facilities and equipment</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">153,695</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">183,526</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="background: #cceeff;" valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Marine barges, vessels, and related equipment</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">285,113</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">474,208</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Construction in progress</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">531,765</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">375,360</td>
<td> </td></tr>
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<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
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<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
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<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">976,895</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,039,416</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr valign="bottom"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;">Less accumulated depreciation and amortization</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(192,176</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(316,597</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td></tr>
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<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 1px solid;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
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<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 30px;">Property and equipment — net</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">784,719</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">722,819</td>
<td> </td></tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px;"><td>
<div style="text-indent: -15px; margin-left: 15px;"> </div></td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td style="border-top: #000000 3px double;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap" align="right"> </td>
<td> </td></tr></table></div>
<div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 10pt;" align="left">Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $30.3 million in 2010, $35.9 million in 2009, and $35.3 million in 2008. </div></div> </div>6. Property and Equipment
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