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Maritime/Multimodal
The project is designed to invesstigate the logistics and transportation issues associated with establishing and increasing the use of shipping containers to import and export good into the Rhode Island geographic area using the Port of Davisville. The Port of Davisville, located at Quonset Point in North Kingstown, Rhode Island is a sheltered deep water harbor which primarily used for the importation of foreign made automobiles into the eastern markets of the United States. Despite of the volume of automobile shipments, the Port of Davisville is not fully utilized. This study will examine if a portion of the port's excess capacity can be utilized to cost effectively ship containarized cargo in and out of the local market area. Currently, no shipping container traffic moves through the port.
Shipping containers through the Port of Davisville will benefit the local community in a number of ways including:
i)Increased Environmental Sustainability: Reducing the distance that containers are moved through via less environmentally efficient modes, will decrease the environmental impact associated with the movements of the containers in and out of Rhode Island.
ii)Decreased Infraestructure Use:The volume of containers utilizing roads and rail assets will decrease, which will reduce the deterioration rates of these assets.
iii)Economic Benefits for Local Importers and Exporters: This project will identify geographic areas in which it may be more economicl to ship containers through the Port of Davisville, compared to current practices.
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