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Title: Vessel, Firm, and Lock Efficiency Measures in Lock Performance
Accession Number: 01033628
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The inland waterway system is made up of a set of rivers and associated locks and dams. Dams establish “pools” of water that allow rivers to be navigated, and locks allow barges to pass from pools of different elevations. Lock performance (i.e., the timely passage of barges through the waterway) depends on many factors. This study examines lock performance in terms of the structural design of locks; the characteristics of the flotilla (vessels and barges); a set of state conditions (weather, river levels, etc.); and characteristics of vessels, locks, and firms. Vessel, firm, and lock efficiency measures are developed by using panel data techniques, and observed factors that influence efficiency are evaluated. The results indicate considerable heterogeneity across vessels, firms, and locks, which results in significant differences in timely passage through the locks.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01035650
Language: English
Authors: Wilson, Wesley WPagination: pp 1-8
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0309099722
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 3 2006 10:49AM
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