Using a Gravity Distribution Model and Discrete Event Simulation to Enhance Freight Planning

Freight analysis and planning has lagged behind traditional transportation planning and is often neglected in models following the four-step process.  National projections are that freight shipments will double in the next decade.  In Alabama, manufacturing growth and...

Using a Federal Database and New Factors for Disaggregation of Freight to a Local Level

Transport professionals at the local level often have difficulty incorporating freight into transport models and plans because freight data is proprietary at local levels requiring extensive aggregation to national levels before being released to the public. ...

Application of Simulation to Improve Volume through a Seaport Coal Terminal

The Alabama State Port Authority wants to increase the volume of coal moving through the McDuffie Island Coal Terminal. A perceived barrier to an increase in capcity is the number of tugboats for moving barges throughout the terminal. This paper presents a simulation...

A Simulation Approach to Evaluating Productivity Improvement at a Seaport Coal Terminal

The use of simulation in evaluating the impact of productivity improvement activities at the McDuffie Coal Terminal located at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, Alabama, is discussed. Simulations are being employed for port and terminal operations at an increasing...

Using Simulation to Evaluate and Improve the Operations of a Seaport Container Terminal

This paper presents the use of simulation in evaluating the operations of the Mobile Container Terminal at Choctaw Point that is under construction at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, Alabama. The purpose of the project is to establish a working model of the...