Completed Research Projects
- Completed Research Projects
- Network Analysis of Freight Diversion and Capacity Issues in Tennessee
- Intermodal Freight Network – User Interface Development
- U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System: phase II
- Mining AIS Data for Improved Vessel Trip Analysis Capabilities
- Spatial Analysis of Safety and Security Vulnerability During Transport of Hazardous Materials
- U.S. Freight Investment Efficiency: Phase I
- Baseline of the US National Freight System
- National Scan of Freight Capacity, Safety and Security Issues (phases I and II)
- Freight Analysis Network Development
- Intermodal Freight Curriculum Development
- Freight Analysis Network – Terminal Capacity Estimation
- Tennessee Highway Route Risk Assessments
- I-40 Trucking Operations and Safety Analysis
- Enterprise Risk Management Needs Assessment Protocol
- Intermodal GIS Network Risk Assessment
- Truck Terminal and Corridor Performance Analysis
- Coastal Maritime Risk Assessments
- The “Phases” of Emergency Management
- The Recovery Phase of Emergency Management
- Freight Transportation and Emergency Management: Profiles of 3 Stakeholder Groups
- Safety, Security and Capacity of Critical Rail Corridors
- Intermodal Freight GIS Network
- Regional Traffic and Safety Information Dissemination – Phase 2
- CAIT 10: Inland Marine Transportation Analytics, Phase II
- Inland Marine Transportation Data Collection Using Automatic Identification Systems
- US Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System
- TDOT SmartWay Information System (TSIS)
- Spill Management Information System (SMIS)
The U.S. Foreign Waterborne Cargo Data System was developed by Vanderbilt University to analyze and display U.S. maritime cargo flows as an aid to transportation policy and planning. This system utilizes ArcIMS Internet GIS software to produce maps and reports showing relative maritime cargo flows between the U.S. or specified U.S. ports, and foreign ports, countries or regions. This system uses annual maritime cargo databases which are created and published by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Navigation Data Center.
The system has query forms that allow users to analyze the cargo database. An analysis for a specific year or comparison between years is supported. Users first build their query by selecting the items: Year, U.S. Port or entire U.S., Imports or Exports, and Commodity. Based on these selected items, the user can then list all Foreign Ports, Countries and Regions that were involved in commodity movement with the entire U.S. or selected U.S. Ports for the selected year. The query results can be generated in a tabular, map or Excel graph format.
Potential system users include government agencies, international organizations, businesses, port authorities, individual shippers/carriers, trade associations and chambers of commerce.
For more information on this project, please contact Dr. James Dobbins.
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