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A Feasibility Assessment of Truck-Barge Intermodal Freight Transportation
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1998-10-01
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Abstract:This report examines the feasibility of truck-barge intermodal freight transportation, along with the feasibility of rail-barge and single modal barge transportation. The report includes the enhancement of an existing software package that determines the cheapest mode combination between an origin and destination. The enhanced software calculates the cost of the shipment . including transportation cost, transfer cost, inventory-carrying cost, and dray cost. A detailed user's manual is presented. The project examines a network of thirteen cities along the United States inland waterways. The project also developed a set of tables that determines the mileage where a mode of transportation becomes the cheapest alternative. In addition, the report addresses the commodities that could benefit by utilizing barge transportation and examines the seasonal delays resulting in barge transportation.
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