One of the most rapidly changing areas of the transportation system is the rail intermodal system or piggyback service, consisting of the movement of truck trailers (TOFC) or containers (COFC) on flatcars. The purpose of the project is to document existing intermodal transportation services in the Pacific Northwest, to identify where the potential exists for future intermodal shipments, inventory commodity and product movements for potential intermodal use and to quantify impact on shipper costs. Experience in other countries, such as Canada and Australia, suggests that deregulation of trucking and maritime movements, and substantial lessening of rail deregulation in the U.S., should lead to the increased use of intermodal transportation services. Data for the study will be obtained from shippers, rail rate bureaus, trucking firms, barge companies, any non-vessel operating common carrier firms presently existing and the one percent rail waybill sample. This will be a joint research effort with Washington State University focusing on technological constraints or opportunities (i.e., competitive environment among modes), Oregon State University focusing on regulatory constraints and impacts on shipper costs and University of Idaho emphasizing the institutional and technological aspects of the water/surface transportation interface. The implementation plan is dependent on the research findings but the end-product will be a general marketing strategy for ports, carriers and shippers to use in utilizing this dynamic mode of transportation.
Investigation of Technological and Economic Factors Affecting the Future of Intermodal Transportation in the Pacific Northwest
1991
61 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Domestic Commerce, Marketing, & Economics , Intermodal transportation systems , Economic factors , Technology assessment , Transportation system costs , Freight transportation , Cargo transportation , Containerization , Multimodal transportation systems , Common carriers , Rail transportation , Marine transportation , Feasibility analysis , Pacific Northwest(USA)
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