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... 9 ILWU International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union IMC Intermodal Marketing Company INT Integrator I-O Input-Output IRRIS Intelligent Road/Railroad Information Server ITIC-ST Intermodal Transportation and Inventory Costing Model State Tool ITV In-Transit Visibility JIT Just-In-Time LEPCs Local Emergency Planning Committees LMS Logistics Management System LMSR Large Medium-Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off Ships LNG Liquefied Natural Gas MACOM Major Army Command MARAD U.S. Maritime Administration MC Motor Carrier MPOs Metropolitan Planning Organizations MSC Military Sealift Command MTO Marine Terminal Operator n.e.c Not Elsewhere Classified NAIS Nationwide Automatic Information System NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Report NHS National Highway System NIAC National Infrastructure Advisory Council NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPMRDS National Performance Management Research Data Set NPRN National Port Readiness Network OD Origin-Destination OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom PMA Pacific Maritime Association PND Ports for National Defense PPE Personal Protective Equipment PPO Port Planning Order PPPs Public Private Partnerships PSA Port Support Activity RDD Required Delivery Date RFID Radio Frequency Identification RND Railroads for National Defense RO/RO Roll-On/Roll-Off RRF Ready Reserve Force SCGE Spatial Computable General Equilibrium SCTG Standard Classification of Transported Goods SCTG2 2-digit Standard Classification of Transported Goods SDDC Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command SPM Single Port Manager
From page 10...
... 10 SPOE Seaport of Embarkation SSDCTEA SSDC Transportation and Engineering Agency STRACNET Strategic Rail Corridor Network STRAHNET Strategic Highways Network TBN Transportation Battalion TC-AIMS II Automated Information for Movements System II TRB Transportation and Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration TTI Texas Transportation Institute TTTR Truck Travel Time Reliability TWIC Transportation Worker Identification Credential UK United Kingdom UMR-IWW Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway URCS Uniform Railroad Costing System USACE U.S. Army Corp of Engineers USCG U.S.
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... 11 SUMMARY The purpose of the NCFRP 50 project was to develop guidance for stakeholders to plan for, mitigate, and adapt to disruptions to supply chains with the aim of enhancing freight transportation system resilience. Disruptions are primarily defined as unplanned and unanticipated events that affect the normal flow of goods and operations in supply chains and transportation networks.
From page 12...
... 12 The research team then identified candidate commodity-specific, supply chain flow corridors based on such factors as tonnage and value moved by origin-destination pair (surrogates for how important particular commodities are in the U.S. national freight system)

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