The Port of Corpus Christi is the sixth largest port in the United States in terms of annual tonaged handled per year. Cargo is moved throughout the port by several different means of transportation. It is moved by truck, railcar, and by ship. The port's bulk terminal has tremendous handling capability. Maintaining an efficient port is essential to the operations of the port.
Grain is the most common of commodaties being transported by the port.
You are one of south-texas leading producer of grain. It is essential for the lively-hood of your business that grain stored at the port's elevator be loaded and transported to its destination as quickly as possible. The elevator's manager has given you three means of transporting your grain to its destination. The port has multiple railcar loading at 2 million pound per hour, multiple truck loading of 20 tons per minute, and ship loading of 1500 tons per hour. You are faced with the decision of which means of transportation do you use.