ANALYSIS OF INLAND WATERWAYS OIL TRANSPORT TRAFFIC DENSITY PATTERNS

The report presents forecasts of oil traffic on 9 rivers and in 15 selected ports of the Mississippi River System. Included is crude oil, gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil traffic moving on the inland waterways. A baseline forecast is developed using historical data and commodity volumes are projected for the years 1975, 1980, 1985, and 1990. These forecasts are revised on the basis of industry analysis, and converted to numbers of tow movements based on tow size projections. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Columbus Laboratories

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201
• Authors:
  • Mendelsohn, R A
  • Sheppard, W J
  • Kimm, C C
• Publication Date: 1973-10-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 119 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Economics; Freight transportation; Highway traffic control; Inland waterways; Inland waterways traffic; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Transportation; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil transportation; Waterway transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057217
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-23,223-A
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 16 1974 12:00AM