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Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways - Phase Two

项目名称：	Supporting Secure and Resilient Inland Waterways - Phase Two
摘要：	The inland waterway system serves thirty-eight states across the U.S. and carries one-twelfth of U.S. freight across nearly two hundred commercially active lock sites. Unexpected disruptions to the system due to natural disasters, vessel accidents, or terrorist attacks can cause non-navigable water levels or destroy major navigation infrastructures, resulting in closures of the inland waterway. During a long term closure event, barge cargoes need to be offloaded from the waterway and transported to their final destination via an alternative land-based transportation mode which is challenging because the existing capacity of accessible terminals and alternative modes of transportation may not be sufficient to handle all of the disrupted cargo. As time elapses during a closure, the value of the disrupted cargo decreases in terms of economic value, societal benefit, and customer satisfaction. In order to mitigate negative disruption impacts, key maritime stakeholders including the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) need pre- and postdisruption response plans which support prioritizing and redirecting disrupted barges in order to minimize the total value loss of the impacted system. The research team proposes to extend their current Phase One project by expanding their current model to consider uncertainty into the decision. Future commodities transported, barge traffic, and water and land capacities are all unknown parameters that will be considered.
状态：	Completed
资金：	75000
资助组织：	Department of Transportation
开始时间：	20170701
预计完成日期：	20180831
实际结束时间：	0