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Inland waterways, ports, and shipping

By: Publication details: Washington DC Transportation research record 1963, 2006Description: 75 sISBN:
  • 0309099722
Subject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P8167:1963Location: Abstract: This Transportation Research Record contains 10 papers on the subject of inland waterways, ports and shipping. Specific topics discussed include lock performance, spatial demand decisions in the Pacific Northwest, E-Transport River Information Services, hub-and-spoke networks in container-on-barge transport, modeling shipper response to waterway lock closures, optimization of handling equipment in a container terminal, national port planning, a parametric rolling event on a container vessel, the impact of temporary seaport closures on freight supply chain costs, and the ecological footprint of ports as an indicator of sustainability.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
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This Transportation Research Record contains 10 papers on the subject of inland waterways, ports and shipping. Specific topics discussed include lock performance, spatial demand decisions in the Pacific Northwest, E-Transport River Information Services, hub-and-spoke networks in container-on-barge transport, modeling shipper response to waterway lock closures, optimization of handling equipment in a container terminal, national port planning, a parametric rolling event on a container vessel, the impact of temporary seaport closures on freight supply chain costs, and the ecological footprint of ports as an indicator of sustainability.