Report to Congress on the performance of ports and the intermodal system

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Ports
  • Port operations
  • Port capacity
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Intermodal transportation
  • Intermodal transfer
  • Cargo ships
  • Landside capacity
  • Landside operations (Ports)
  • Bulk cargo terminals
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Maritime Administration
• Abstract:
  In this report, MARAD provides an assessment of the conditions at commercial ports, and the ; movement of military cargo through the intermodal system during the Operation Iraqi Freedom ; (OIF) buildup. MARAD’s assessment includes the performance of the major components of the ; intermodal system: waterside, port/terminal intermodal interface, and landside movements. ; Particular emphasis is given to the ability of the nation’s commercial freight transportation ; infrastructure to handle an unexpected surge in cargo during a military deployment, such as OIF.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18108/dot_18108_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 733.49 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:df22230ae8533bf7bea6016384c71b3e440948f0b3c9089d3d3d682bcceeae4ca37a82318e2673be389a304ca18681ec140230095ecc486032918cbda603daaa