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