Port Fluidity Performance Measurement

Journal Article

Developing and Implementing a Port Fluidity Performance Measurement Methodology using Automatic Identification System Data

Publication: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Authors: C. James Kruse, Kenneth N. Mitchell, Patricia K. DiJoseph, Dong Hun Kang, David L. Schrank, and William L. Eisele
Published: September 2018

This paper covers AIS data inputs, quality control, and performance measures development, and also provides a demonstration application of the methodology at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, highlighting travel time and travel time reliability operating statistics for the overall port area. This work provides foundational knowledge to practitioners and port stakeholders looking to improve supply chain performance and is also valuable for researchers interested in the development and application of multimodal freight fluidity performance measures.

Presentation

Application of Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data for Port Performance Measurement Framework

Presenter: Don Kang
Event: 2019 TRB Annual Meeting ̵ Poster Session

Technical Memos

Port of Baltimore

• Technical Memorandum – System Performance Analysis: Port of Baltimore
  Authors: Jim Kruse
  Published: February 2019

  Summary of the work performed on Port of Baltimore Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. The analytical approach is comparable to what was done at the Port of Mobile.

Port of Mobile

• Technical Memorandum (Task 4) – Analysis of Effects of Pilot Restrictions
  Authors: Jim Kruse
  Published: December 2017

  Summary of the analysis of pilot transit restrictions. These restrictions are imposed by the pilots based on vessel dimensions and the channel design. We examined two of the restrictions in detail. The methodology employed for these two restrictions can be applied to other restrictions in similar fashion.

• Technical Memorandum (Tasks 2 through 4) – System Performance Analysis: Port of Mobile
  Authors: Jim Kruse
  Published: November 2017

  This revised technical memorandum provides a summary of the work performed under Tasks 2 through 4.

For More Information

Bill Eisele
(979) 317-2461
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or

Jim Kruse
(713) 613-9210
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