Widening the Panama Canal and U.S. ports: historical and economic impact analyses

ABSTRACT

The economic history of the U.S. illustrates how the role of many cities has been changed by being seaports or located on navigable rivers or lakes. Based on the widening of the Panama Canal in 2016, the West Coast ports that include the west coast seaports of California, Oregon, and Washington were expected to become less important, while the freight shares of the East Coast and Gulf ports would increase. By how much it has been not easy to measure or predict so far, but this study attempted to define some of the key parameters in the measurement. As well as several relevant background topics, both the demand- and supply-side versions of the National Interstate Economic Model, have been applied for the measurement of economic impacts. U.S. port authorities and policy makers at the local and national levels who respond and develop plans for coping with the new realities of the Panama Canal are able to understand the extent to which changes in shippers’ and land-mode transporters’ behaviors would undermine the logistics and the costs of their activities. Therefore, this study is important for a diverse spectrum of port development strategies in the U.S. to respond to the Canal expansion.     

襄阳北编组站扩能改造工程实践与分析

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基于BIM模型的铁路雨棚钢结构健康监测数据模型研究

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罐式集装箱计量性能试验分析

分别用几何测量法和容量比较法测试罐式集装箱容积,分析验证几何测量法测试罐式集装箱容积的测量不确定度,确定罐式集装箱容积的计量性能指标。     

成都铁路局系统提升卸车能力的研究与实践

针对近年来成都铁路局运输能力日渐紧张的状况,分析影响区域卸车能力的主要因素:通道输送能力、技术站解编能力、货运站作业能力等,提出通过扩能改造通道输送能力,提升枢纽解编能力和货场作业能力,提高卸车综合能力利用率等对策,以全面提升成都铁路局的卸车能力.     

东南亚港口发展动态及主要港口价位比较

简要介绍东南亚港口的发展动态,并对几个主要港口的价位进行比较。     

基于改扩建工程的沥青中面层标高控制技术研究

高速改扩建工程中,沥青中面层摊铺时新老路面标高存在高差、拼接接缝、横坡不一致等问题,严重影响上面层施工质量.结合济青高速改扩建工程具体案例,根据摊铺机单机大宽度一次性同步调平与摊铺的设计思路,对路面不同高差的松铺厚度、摊铺机夯锤振幅以及压实机具组合等标高控制关键技术进行了系统研究和参数调整.工程实践表明,该施工方案应用...     

高职百万扩招背景下数控专业建设研究与实践

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Traffic modelling in system boundary expansion of road pavement life cycle assessment

This paper uses a case study of a UK inter-urban road, to explore the impact of extending the system boundary of road pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) to include increased traffic emissions due to delays during maintenance. Some previous studies have attempted this but have been limited to hypothetical scenarios or simplified traffic modelling, with no validation or sensitivity analysis. In this study, micro-simulation modelling of traffic was used to estimate emissions caused by delays at road works, for several traffic management options. The emissions were compared to those created by the maintenance operation, estimated using an LCA model. In this case study, the extra traffic emissions caused by delays at road works are relatively small, compared to those from the maintenance process, except for hydrocarbon emissions. However, they are generally close to, or above, the materiality threshold recommended in PAS2050 for estimating carbon footprints, and reach 5–10% when traffic flow levels are increased (hypothetically) or when traffic management is imposed outside times of lowest traffic flow. It is recommended, therefore, that emissions due to traffic disruption at road works should be included within the system boundary of road pavement LCA and carbon footprint studies and should be considered in developing guidelines for environmental product declarations of road pavement maintenance products and services.