Estimation of an Origin–Destination Table for U.S. Imports of Waterborne Containerized Freight

This paper presents a probabilistic origin–destination table for waterborne containerized imports. The analysis makes use of 2012 Port Import/Export Reporting Service data, 2012 Surface Transportation Board waybill data, a gravity model, and information on the landside transportation mode split associated with specific ports. This analysis suggests that about 70% of the origin–destination table entries have a coefficient of variation of less than 20%. This 70% of entries is associated with about 78% of the total volume. This analysis also makes evident the importance of rail interchange points in Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; and Kansas City, Missouri, in supporting the transportation of containerized goods from Asia through West Coast ports to the eastern United States.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2548-05
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Wang, Hao
  • Gearhart, Jared
  • Jones, Katherine
  • Frazier, Christopher
  • Nozick, Linda
  • Levine, Brian
  • Jones, Dean
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 35–42
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems, Volume 2
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2548
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container traffic; Imports; Modal split; Origin and destination; Ports; Railroad transportation; Uncertainty; Water transportation
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01587618
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309369817
• Report/Paper Numbers: 16-2872
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 27 2016 5:11PM