Planning for container growth along the Houston ship channel and other Texas seaports.

Details

• Creators:
  Harrison, Robert ; Hutson, Nathan ; Siegesmund, Peter ; Blaze, James ; West, Jason
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Containers
  • Channels (Waterways)
  • Seaports
  • Volume
  • Marine terminals
  • Drayage
  • Labor force
  • Transportation planning
  • Containers
  • container forecasting
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-07/0-5068-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Description:
  Study 0-5068 examined corridor improvement initiatives at all Texas seaports contemplating future container operations, with a primary focus on rail systems and current facilities under the Port of Houston Authority (POHA). This is the final study report and first estimates the volume of containers that could be handled by Port of Houston (POHA) terminals from 2004 to 2020. It then describes the Port Terminal Railroad Association (PTRA), which operates its own network and serves more than 173 major industrial sites and terminals along the Houston Ship channel. Next, it examines Houston issues related to highway movement of containers from the POHA terminals. The pattern of distribution centers in Houston serving as the most common first landside destinations for POHA containers is then described. A survey of the Houston dray industry and its driver workforce is then reported. Since other deep-water Texas Gulf locations may have container terminals in future, consideration is given to the proposed terminals at Corpus Christi and Texas City. Finally, conclusions and recommendations from the two-year study are given, emphasizing issues most likely to impact transportation planning and programming in Texas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-5068
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31903/dot_31903_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.28 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:079019dbcb5b35d995d6026a685e21afc8d43236d1b04b02b75ffbc10fe7cae1