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U.S. import/export container flow modeling and disruption analysis

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International containerized freight movement is a vital part of the supply chain for many companies, anda critical element of moving consumer goods to points of retail sale within the U.S. Containerized imports also present a clear security concern (e.g., terrorists attempting to ship “dirty bombs,” chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons, into the U.S. in a shipping container). The goal of the research presented here is to create a modeling tool for analyzing flows of U.S. imports and exports of containerized freight, and the potential changes in those flows under a variety of conditions (e.g., port disruptions, extensive security-related delays, etc.). Our focus is on movements through maritime container ports, and not overland movements between the U.S. and Canada or Mexico. The network model, referred to as the System for Import/Export Routing and Recovery Analysis (SIERRA), represents container movements between the U.S. and 46 other countries that account for the vast majority of U.S. imports and exports. The SIERRA model is a network equilibrium model that predicts flows between foreign countries and North American ports, the total volumes handled (import and export) by each port, the modal volumes (truck and rail) moving domestically into and out of each port, and volumes between each port and a set of transportation analysis zones within the U.S.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Research in Transportation Economics

No. Panggil

ATC LO JON u

Penerbit

United States of America : Elsevier., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

12 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0739-8859

Klasifikasi

LO

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

32 (2011) 3e14

Subjek

port capacity
Container flows
Disruption analysis
Freight network modeling
Homeland security analysis

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Dean A. Jones

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