TRB HOLDS CONFERENCE ON PORT AND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

The 2-day 1986 conference was held in 4 sessions and included 14 presentations. The sessions covered the following topics: strategic planning and data needs for port and waterway development, analysis of inland waterway operations, developments in rail and port intermodal coordination, and port economic impacts and state funding programs. The presentations covered aspects such as strategic planning as it relates to inland waterways ports and deep-draft ports, data needs for port and waterway development, port tonnage reports, financial and operational conditions of barge companies, efficiency of barge operations, rail-barge tariff, double-stack container trains, and a model to determine the contribution of a port to the local economy. Tours of a double-stack container yard and the Controlling Locks on the Chicago River were organized on the second day.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trnews/trnews129-002.pdf
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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Wolf, N B
• Publication Date: 1987-3

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 22-25
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 129
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barges; Conferences; Information, data, and knowledge; Inland waterways; Intermodal transportation; Ports; Railroad transportation; Strategic planning; Tariffs; Tonnage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data needs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00471904
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1987 12:00AM