Multimodal freight transportation within the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Basin
By: CPCS Transcom Limited ; in association with University of Toledo, Prime Focus LLC, Richard Stewart
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Freight Research Program; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration; CPCS Transcom Limited; University of Toledo; Prime Focus, LLC; Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
Series: NCFRP report -- 17; NCFRP report -- 17.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780309258302
Subjects: Inland water transportation; Shipping; Freight and freightage; Shipment of goods; Commodity flow; Gross domestic product; Multimodal transportation; Strategic planning; Supply chain management
Other titles: Multimodal freight transportation within the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Basin
Description: "TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 17: Multimodal Freight Transportation Within the Great Lakes--Saint Lawrence Basin describes the current multimodal freight transportation system within this bi-national region--Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, and Quebec--and its importance to regional, United States, and Canadian economies. The report also analyzes the system's overall performance and related opportunities and constraints to improving performance and to meet projected freight flows. The report includes an analysis of each mode's capacity and the major commodities each of them moves; the barriers and constraints that impact each mode's ability to move cargo; the performance implications in terms of major commodity supply chains (coal, automotive parts and machinery, containerized consumer goods, grains, and iron ore); and a strategic freight planning process for multimodal transport chain performance going forward."--publisher's description.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Freight Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-82).

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Research sponsored by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration project NCFRP-35