Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions (2019) / Chapter Skim
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89 Holmgren, J and Ranstedt, L
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90 Mesa-Arango, R., X
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91 Resource Systems Group Inc.
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92 Southworth, F., Hayes, J
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93 White House and DHS.
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94 APPENDIX A: INLAND WATERWAY/LOCKS SCENARIO 5 Commodity Grain U.S. Corridor Midwest to New Orleans Disruption Lock Outage or Variable Water Levels Commodity: Grains The U.S.
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95 shows the grain movements by volume between Illinois and New Orleans by mode. Around 7,179 thousand tons of cereal grains were projected to move from Illinois to New Orleans in 2015.
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96 Figure A-2: Top Ten Grains Markets by Tonnage at the State Level, 2015 Table A-1: Grain Volumes Between Illinois and New Orleans by Mode Mode Tonnage (kilotons) % of Tonnage Value ($ Million)
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97 Once the grain reaches an elevator connected to the inland water system along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, and has amassed enough volume, the grain is transloaded into barges. These river barges travel through locks along the Upper Mississippi River – Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW)
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98 A standard dry bulk barge carries 1,750 tons; a rail bulk car carries 110 tons; a highway tractor-trailer carries 25 tons.15 Replacing a single barge trip requires 16 railcars or 70 trucks. Trucks are owned and maintained by private companies and operate over mostly publicly maintained roads.16 Sending trucks over long distances adds considerable expense and increases congestion on highways.
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