Potential policies and incentives to encourage movement of containerized freight on Texas inland waterways.

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• Alternative Title:
  Project title: Development of potential policies and incentives to encourage movement of containerized freight on Texas inland waterways
• Creators:
  Kruse, C. James ; Morgan, Curtis Alan ; Hutson, Nathan Mark
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Short sea shipping
  • Shipping
  • Water transportation
  • Containerization
  • Inland water transportation
  • Inland water transportation--Texas
  • Containerization--Texas
  • Harbors--Texas
  • Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-09/0-5937-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Edition:
  Technical report; Sept. 2007-Aug. 2008.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  This report is designed to answer three basic questions: ; 1. Why is the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) interested in moving more cargo by water? ; 2. What are the potential benefits of moving more cargo by water? ; 3. What specific steps can TxDOT or the State of Texas take to encourage more waterborne freight ; movements? ; In this report, the authors: ; • describe the need for increased utilization of marine freight options, ; • look at the challenges involved, and ; • describe the potential benefits of increasing the utilization of marine freight options. ; The authors provide a summary of relevant programs in Europe and the activities of other gulf states. They ; analyze the capacity and efficiency of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, as this waterway will most likely be ; the conduit for increased coastwise shipments. They then provide several examples of activities taken by ; Texas ports to encourage more domestic waterborne freight shipments, along with several examples of recent ; start-up services. The report recommends several steps TxDOT could pursue in the short term to encourage ; more waterborne shipments along the coast. Finally, the report includes a chapter of Frequently Asked ; Questions regarding “Short Sea Shipping” or “Marine Highways” for readers who do not regularly deal with ; marine transportation issues. Several appendices provide detailed background material on federal issues, ; legislation, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and the role of waterborne freight in Texas.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project No. 0-5937
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16859/dot_16859_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 613.06 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:68ff528fb9bb1a1475ef4945cdeb93a1acd1ed014e87f83f323c9fd302a07508