Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways: Phase Two

Details

• Creators:
  Nachtmann, Heather ; Tong, Jingjing ; Chimka, Justin ; Boudhoum, Salma
• Corporate Creators:
  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Barges
  • Disaster resilience
  • Freight traffic
  • Inland waterways
  • Mathematical models
  • River ports
  • Routing
  • Service disruption
  • Uncertainty
  • Freight Transportation
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC)
• Abstract:
  To mitigate inland waterway disruption impacts, we developed the cargo prioritization and terminal allocation problem (CPTAP) to minimize the total value loss of disrupted barge cargoes. CPTAP is formulated as a mathematical program, and problems of realistic size can be efficiently and effectively solved with a heuristic approach. The final solution identifies an accessible alternative terminal for each disrupted barge and the prioritized offload turn that each barge takes at its assigned terminal. Implementation of CPTAP results in reduced cargo value loss and response time when compared to a naïve minimize distance approach. This project extends our earlier work through CPTAP model enhancement by incorporating uncertainty impacts into the model and experimentation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC50
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62415/dot_62415_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 656.26 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0d2591e4f491da763dbcad86230b947a9f0e405f1e13f395db214e1ebb72b941