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The Estimated Annual Cost to Operate a Port in a Major Urban Area with Level 4 Automated Trucks in Queue Ranges from $75.1million to $123.4 million.

As freight imports to the US continue to increase, several US agencies are seeking ways to improve the efficiency of drayage trucking at ports by evaluating the impacts of Intelligent Transportation…
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Made Public Date
01/26/2024

The Estimated Cost for Building Ten Electric Charging Stations for Tenant Shippers at the Port of Oakland Ranged From $1.25M to $2M.

The Port of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners approved the Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan in 2019 which establishes zero-emission operations as the policy direction of the Seaport. Among…
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Made Public Date
10/31/2023

Plan for the Significant Lane Use Demand of Electronic Charging Stations for Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks.

Be aware of different charging/fueling standards. The absence of clear standards regarding voltage, amperage, phasing, “withstand rating”, and charging connectors makes it challenging for consistent…
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Date Posted
10/30/2023

Simulation-Based Drayage Operation Study in South California Showed that Eco-Approach and Departure (EAD) Connected Vehicle Application Can Provide Up To 8 Percent Energy Savings for Battery-Electric Trucks in Light Traffic.

METHODOLOGY Data collection from each truck spanned one to two months and yielded over 130,000 miles and more than 15,000 hours of truck operations. To simulate the truck performance, the study…
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Date Posted
09/29/2023

A Truck Reservation System Using RFID Tags and Real-Time Information from a Cloud-Based System Was Expected to Reduce Truck Trip Time by 66 Percent and Save Trucking Companies $2.72 Million in Fuel Costs at the Port of Virginia.

METHODOLOGY The study examined the existing truck processing times during the five stages of a typical trip, starting from the time spent at inbound portal and waiting in queue at the gate to time…
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Date Posted
09/29/2023

Battery-Electric Drayage Trucks in the Port of New York and New Jersey Could Reduce CO2 Emissions by 75 Percent and Eliminate 76 Metric Tons of CO2 Per Truck Annually in Comparison to Diesel Trucks.

METHODOLOGY:   Between March and July 2021, detailed performance data, including engine CAN and GPS position information, from 46 drayage trucks from three port operators was gathered at 1-Hz…
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Date Posted
09/18/2023

The Projected Cost To Implement and Operate an Automatic Guided Vehicles Loading System Over a 15-Year Period in South Korea Was Estimated at $20,125,163.

Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have been successfully used at cargo terminals to reduce operating costs and improve productivity. This study focused on automating Roll-On/Roll-Off (RORO) terminal…
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Made Public Date
12/13/2022

An Automatic Guided Vehicles Roll-On/Roll-Off Freight Terminal System Simulated at a South Korean Port Was Estimated to Reduce Loading Times up to 52 Percent.

METHODOLOGY As part of the simulation modeling effort scenarios were developed to demonstrate improvements to the loading system considered in this study. A total of three different loading systems…
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Date Posted
12/13/2022

Continuous Outreach and Engagement Contributes to the Success of Technology Deployment.

This study led to the following lessons learned: “Collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders resulted in an overall better understanding of the individual segments of the petroleum…
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Date Posted
04/30/2021