Port Development, Waterway System Analysis, and Marine Transit

Contains 8 papers, as follows: Inventory of Potential Structural and Nonstructural Alternatives for Increasing Navigation Capacity of the Upper Mississippi River System; Analysis of Lock Capacity by Simulation; Study of Barge Line-Haul Rates; Mathematical Model of Inland Waterway Port Operations; Selected Productivity Comparisons in Surface Freight Transportation: Inland Water, Rail, and Truck, 1955-1979; Ferry-Service Improvements: Planning and Implementation for Long Island Sound Ferry Crossings; High-Speed Commuter Ferry Service: The Boston Experience; and New York Ports and the Expanding Coal Markets.

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• Conference:
  • 61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1982-1-18 to 1982-1-22
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 42p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 880
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ferry service; Inland water transportation; Inland waterways; Locks (Waterways); Navigation processes; Port operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barge rates
• Geographic Terms: Upper Mississippi River
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01495119
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309034671
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 8 2013 8:40AM