Assessing the potential for Gulf Coast NAFTA maritime trade corridors.

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• Creators:
  Stich, Bethany ; Griffith, Kyle ; Webb, Peter ; Waggener, Brittany ; Amdal, James R.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of New Orleans. Transportation Institute ; University of New Orleans. Dept. of Planning and Urban Studies
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Freight traffic
  • International trade
  • Ocean shipping
  • Policy
  • Trade routes
  • Transportation corridors Freight flows
  • NAFTA
  • modal shift
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/15/600451-00118-1;Report 600451-00118-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Cuba;Mexico;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994 with the expressed intent of ; reducing barriers to trade. Since that time, however, transborder congestion and delays between the United ; States (US) and Mexico threaten achievement of this goal. As a partial mitigation strategy, maritime ; shipping offers a modal alternative for NAFTA trade with the potential for not only strengthening the ; resiliency of the North American transportation system, but also alleviating congestion for traditional ; overland modes. To that end, Gulf Coast economies are preparing for increased shipping activity in both ; vessel size and commodity volumes upon completion of the Panama Canal expansion by 2016. This study ; assesses the potential for maritime shipping corridors in the Gulf of Mexico between the US, Mexico, and ; Cuba. We document current trade patterns and infrastructure, analyze potential opportunities for trade ; expansion, and analyze the policy barriers that need to be addressed to strengthen these maritime trade ; corridors. The prospect of reduced transborder congestion, increased system resilience, and expanded ; economic cooperation with Cuba has opened a policy window for more deliberate coordination between ; national and state governments to make the necessary infrastructure investments and policy changes to ; bolster maritime shipping capacity.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31270/dot_31270_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.07 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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