MHFS

 

Introduction

I.Targeted Products and Results

The Marine Highway Freight System (MHFS) concept is in the forefront of alternate transportation systems consideration for meeting continued demands on freight capacity increases.
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II. Opportunities in Marine Highway Freight Systems

Currently marine highway systems carry less than 2% of domestic freight. Existing marine highway services including short-distance ferries, medium-distance and long distance interregional transport of freight have demonstrated the market viability of marine highways in a handful of regions. .
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III. System Benefits

The total benefits of the system include indirect payoffs such as increasing the freight transportation capacity, saving fuel, reducing highway congestion and traffic bottlenecks, improving road safety and security, specifically for transporting hazardous materials and reducing maintenance cost of highway systems.
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Marine Highway Workshop

First U.S. - European Workshop

                     July 26 – 27, 2011

                   Phone: 703-993-5188

                           Mason Inn

4352 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

The workshop is organized as part of the George Mason University Consortium research project. Marine highways provide freight logisticians an added intermodal option. Transportation leaders and marine highway experts from the U.S. and Europe will explore how technology products and information transfer play a role to guide decision making by the public and private sectors on marine highways. The panel forums will address unique advantages, tools and technologies for evaluating and implementing Marine Highway System.

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  • Agenda - Marine Highway Workshop
  • Brochure for Marine Highway Research
  • Workshop Attendees & Email
  • Workshop Presentations
    •           7-26 Tue.
              Emerging Role of U.S. Marine Highways
              Lessons Learned from European Short Sea Shipping
              Panel 1
              7-27 Wed.
              Panel 2
              Panel 3
              Panel 4
              Panel 5

    Documents

  • GMU Final Report
  • Summary for US Europe Workshop
  • Brochure for Marine Highway Research
  • German Visit Report for DOT
  • Framework - Committee Meeting 6-15
  • Marine Highway System Final Report
  • American Marine Highway Update
  • Last Mile and Port Transfer Operations
  • Marine Highway Freight System Study Candidate Data Sets and Their Applicatione
  • Marine Highway Freight System Modeling Effort Update
  • European Short Shipping Advances by DLR
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