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The tremendous increase in international trade has given rise to a problem of thousands of inefficient empty truck trips to and from the ports in areas such as the NY-NJ region, resulting in unproductive vehicle miles traveled, congestion and other related issues. Using a virtual container yard system as a platform for sharing and providing information among the different port players to make freight logistics more efficient by means of street-turns is increasingly considered as a possible solution. This paper describes a simulation model that captures the essential features of such an implementation, and the results for different scenarios of input parameters, system environments and practical constraints in order to make the system feasible are presented and analyzed. The paper concludes with recommendations to achieve favorable conditions for practical implementation.

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07-3014

English

16p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

Figures (1) ; References (13) ; Tables (3)

Container terminals; Container traffic; Freight handling; International trade; Ports; Ports of entry; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Truck traffic; Trucking; Vehicle miles of travel

New Jersey; New York (State)

Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-3014

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 7:44PM