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Congestion, port expansion and spatial competition for US container imports

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  • Fan, Lei
  • Wilson, William W.
  • Dahl, Bruce

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze spatial competition, congestion and flows of container imports into the United States. An intermodal network flow model is developed and used to analyze congestion in the logistics system for container imports. The results indicate that congestion exists at most ports and its consequences are to raise costs at these nodes, and in some cases to divert traffic to other routes. Finally, if each of the ports expanded, the value of marginal capacity would converge to nil, and expansion would reduce congestion costs and waiting times.

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  • Fan, Lei & Wilson, William W. & Dahl, Bruce, 2012. "Congestion, port expansion and spatial competition for US container imports," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 48(6), pages 1121-1136.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transe:v:48:y:2012:i:6:p:1121-1136
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.04.006
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