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In 1975, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers instituted the Performance Monitoring System (PMS) at locks on inland waterways, PMS data, collected at each lock, allow the Corps to monitor the use of navigation locks and traffic movements and to analyze tow operating characteristics. Based on data derived from PMS, the Corps developed a computer program called VESUSE to analyze inland-waterways use of towboats, barges, and flotillas by simulating their movements. The elements of the VESUSE program are described and are found to be reliable. The information on the characteristics of vessel utilization is useful for studies related to inland-waterways operations and planning.

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59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Analysis; Barge operations; Barges; Computer programs; Data collection; Inland waterways traffic; Locks (Waterways); Simulation; Towboat operations; Towed barges; Water traffic; Water transportation; Waterways

Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities

TRIS, TRB

May 21 1981 12:00AM

• ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF TRANSPORTING WESTERN COAL ON THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL SYSTEM
• FEDERAL INTEREST IN EFFECTIVE TRANSPORTATION USE OF MAJOR RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
• FINANCING INLAND PORT DEVELOPMENT
• FORECASTS OF KEY COMMODITY FLOWS AT A REGIONAL PORT
• FOREIGN TRADE ZONES AND INLAND PORTS: A QUESTION OF SIZE
• INTERMODALISM AND IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTIVITY
• STATE WATER-PORT MASTER PLANNING
• STATISTICALLY BASED METHODS FOR EFFICIENT SAMPLING OF INLAND WATERWAY FREIGHT CHARGES
• TENANTS OF FOREIGN TRADE ZONES