NETS News
NETS News Articles for 2006
JANUARY
Market Power in Barge Shipping
HarborSym Training Rescheduled
Determining Rail Capacity to Accommodate Grain Flows to the Mississippi River
NETS Symposium Held January 12-14
FEBRUARY
Navigation System Simulation (NaSS) Design Document
Spatial Demand Decisions in Pacific Northwest: Mode Choice and Market Areas
NETS Research Proceeds Under MOU with ORNL
HarborSym Training Class Positions Open
MARCH
Towboat Analysis Finds Seasonality Is Prevalent and Important in the Upper Mississippi River and Affects Other Rivers
Keith Hofseth, Buddy Langdon, and Mark Lisney of NETS Recognized at Inland Waterways Navigational Conference
HarborSym Training Classes Held in Mobile
APRIL
Transportation Demands in the Columbia-Snake River Basin
2006 Journal of the Transportation Research Board to Publish NETS Researchers
HarborSym Model Presented at Mexico Seminar
Genetic Algorithm Optimization Enhancements Made by NaSS Team Members
MAY
International Trade, Transportation Networks and Port Choice
Deep Draft Vessel Geometries
Planning Community of Practice Conference 2006
NETS Bookshelf Reports: Take a New Look
JUNE
Wes Wilson joins the “Global Container Ports Benchmarking Task Force”
Hannibal Event Study on the Ohio River
Inland Navigation Conference: NETS and the Research Agenda
NETS Team Members Present at PIANC conference
Bruce Lambert Presents to the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Harbors, Navigation, and Environment Seminar
JULY
2007 TRB 86th Annual Meeting: Paper Submissions Now Being Accepted
NETS Team Members Present at PIANC conference
Bruce Lambert’s Presentation at the North American Transportation Statistics Interchange
AUGUST
NaSS Design Document Updated in Response to Peer Review; Published as NETS Report
NETS Researchers Forecasted to be Published in Journal of Transport and Economic Policy
Researchers Design New Towing Carriage
SEPTEMBER
Market Dominance and Pricing in a Spatial Environment: An Empirical Examination of Railroad Pricing with Competitive Pressures
NETS Research to Be Highlighted at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association
IWR and U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Meet
OCTOBER
Towboat Operation Analysis Using WCSC Data
Shipper and Carrier Response to August 2004 Lock 27 Closures
Shipper and Carrier Response to the October - December 2005 and January – February 2006 Lock 27 Closures
NOVEMBER
Genetic Algorithm Optimization Enhancements Made by NaSS Team Members
Regional Routing Model Meeting
Spatially Generated Demands Paper Accepted for Publication
NETS Team Meets with Hong Kong Researchers
Port Efficiency and Trade Flows Paper Updated
TRB Conference Featured NETS Team Members
DECEMBER
NETS Team Member Returns from Iraq
NETS Team Meets with Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute Researchers
NETS Products Receive International Exposure
NETS Team Presents at Transportation Research Board Meeting