A Multimodal Network Approach to the Inland and Coastal Waterway System

Main Authors: Wang, Bruce, Mahmoudzadeh, Ahmadreza
Format: Report publication-deliverable
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/2616967
Daftar Isi:
  • The inland waterway system carries a significant percentage of the national freight. Maintenance operations including dredging and dam repair are important to maintaining the effective and efficient operation of the system. Dredging projects are for recovery of the navigational channel draft from the shoaling effect while lock/dam repair is about maintaining a maximum possible operational hours to reduce the waiting and delay of vessels therein. The special feature in this study is that the shoaling effect is random, as is subject to weather and other effects. This study specially deals with maintenance fund allocation to these maintenance requests by first proposing a multimodal approach for formulating the waterway maintenance problem in a connected network, which considers rivers, locks/dams, and highways and railways.