ECONOMICS OF COAL TRANSLOADERS

This report analyzes the hypothetical case of the shipment of 3.5 million tons of coal annually from Harlan County, Kentucky, to a utility in Harllee, Georgia. In this case, the transloader would result in an annual savings of $6,522,000 ($1.84 per ton). The report concludes that benefits of a transloader include new viability for small mine operators and increased coal production, and that while a transloader may be owned by a utility, steel company, railroad, or a large coal company, it seems ideal for a cooperative of small mine operators. This study is divided into four basic parts: A summary and conclusion; description, capital costs, operating costs, analysis of financial feasibility, and possible modification to the general coal transloader; potential benefits of cooperatively-owned coal transloading facilities, including savings resulting from lower rail rates; and ownership aspects of coal transloaders.

• Corporate Authors:

  Teknekron Incorporated

  2118 Milvia Street
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94704

  Federal Energy Administration

  12th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20461
• Publication Date: 1975-9-22

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bulk cargo handling; Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Coal; Coal industry; Coal mining; Coal terminals; Economic factors; Feasibility analysis; Interstate transportation; Loading and unloading; Loading facilities; Management; Railroad transportation; Savings; Unit trains
• Uncontrolled Terms: Management systems
• Geographic Terms: Georgia; Kentucky
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Coal storage; Loading procedures
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., FEA/G-75/575
• Contract Numbers: FEA-P-05-75-7312-0
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM