Marketing U.S. Grain and Oilseed by Container

Shipping grain in containers has been increasingly used as a shipment option by U.S. exporters. Continued evolution and investment in this relatively young industry may open additional opportunities for the grain industry. Grain shipping by container faces challenges in optimizing multimodal operations and investment decisions in a dynamic market environment that is heavily influenced by international shipping decisions. Analysis of rail and port container traffic activity was conducted to gain insight into market activities, trends, and opportunities for marketing grain internationally via container. The ability of the U.S. grain industry to understand and successfully respond to market signals is a key in continued growth for the container transportation marketing alternative.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=773
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• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  608 East Boulevard Avenue
  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505-0700

  Department of Transportation

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Department of Agriculture

  Agricultural Marketing Service
  Washington, DC    20250
• Authors:
  • Vachal, Kimberly
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 83p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container traffic; Containerization; Grain; Market assessment; Port traffic; Railroad traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Oilseed
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01539464
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DP-272
• Contract Numbers: DTOS59-06-G-00046; 12-25-A-5567
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 29 2014 9:56AM