In this SLP you will identify where the major transportation modes are used in the EESC from SLP3: rail, inland water, ocean steamer, and/or OTR.
There are five basic transportation modes: rail, inland water ways, ocean, over-the-road, and air. We will not be concerned about air transport in this SLP as it is the least used and most expensive in general supply chain transportation.
Review and read these resources on these three transportation modes: rail, inland water, and OTR. Ocean is not included in these readings since it is mainly used for importing and exporting. This will be covered in more detail in LOG502.
But you are asked to identify where ocean transport is used, but not in detail. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2010). The U.S. Waterway System, Transportation Facts & Information; Navigation Center, retrieved from http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/factcard/factcard10.pdf American Society of Civil Engineers. Report Card for America's Infrastructure, retrieved from http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/fact-sheet/inland-waterways Ask.com ; Inland Waterways Transportation, retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/inland-waterways-transportation Texas Transportation Institute. (2009).
A Modal Comparison Of Domestic Freight Transportation Effects On The General Public, retrieved from http://www.nationalwaterwaysfoundation.org/study/FinalReportTTI.pdf Railroads Nationalatlas.gov. 2002 Data: Overview of U.S. Freight Railroads, retrieved from http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/transportation/a_freightrr.html American Association of Railroads. (https://www.aar.org/) American Association of Railroads. Railroad statistics, retrieved from https://www.aar.org/StatisticsAndPublications/Documents/AAR-Stats-2013-04-17.pdf American Association of Railroads. (2015).
Today's railroads. Retrieved from https://www.aar.org/todays-railroads Over the Road Trucking (OTR) American Trucking Association (2015). Retrieved from http://www.trucking.org/ eHow.com.
About Trucking Companies, retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/about_4586182_trucking-companies.html All Modes - Provides Cost Comparisons by Mode and Other Comparisons Center for Climate & Energy Solutions. Freight Transportation Comparison, retrieved from http://www.c2es.org/technology/factsheet/FreightTransportation