Inland Waterway Lock/Vessel Optimization Study

Upper Mississippi River Locks 20-25

Center For Transportation StudiesUniversity Of Missouri, St. Louis

15 June 2005

Vessel Tracking Prototype

for the UMR

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Vessel Tracking Prototype Provides sample displays and vessel

tracking to demonstrate the functionality possible.- Static views demonstrate geographic (map) and

attribute (tabular) data display capabilities.

- Dynamic views show tows moving on the UMR.

Software from ESRI:- ArcMap (ArcGIS) for geographic and attribute

data.

- Tracking Analyst extension for vessel movements.

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Scope of Prototype

Scope depends on selected scheduling system.

Could range from:- Local focus and span of control at a

single lock (several miles upstream and downstream).

- Regional or system focus incorporating multiple locks (up to ~100 miles).

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Locks 20-25

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Pool 22

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Lock 22

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Photos

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Lock, Queue & Pool Data

Information on locks, queues and pools is available from menus or icons on the map.

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Lock Data

Information may be static or dynamic.

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Pool Data

6 tows in Pool 22

1 Up Bound

5 Down Bound (3 in Queue)

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Queue Data

6 tows in Queue 22

3 Up Bound

3 Down Bound

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Locking Sequence

Sequence includes 6 tows in queue + 2 tows Down Bound in Pool 22.

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Locking Sequence

Current Time 4/11/05 11:30:10 Dir Total Lock Vessel

# of Vessel Name Vessel# Date Time ETSOL U/D Barges Type Type Cuts Lock Sequence 22 JOHNNY LATER 521667 SOL 04-11-05 10:30 CDT U 12 S T 2 1. RIVER RAT 883452 ARR 04-11-05 10:45 CDT 04-11-05 12:40 CDT U 1 S T 1 2. RIVER SPECIAL 233951 ARR 04-11-05 8:00 CDT 04-11-05 13:15 CDT U 15 S T 2 3. MEMCO #1312 653122 EOL 04-11-05 7:30 CDT 04-11-05 15:15 CDT D 8 S T 1 4. EA POE IRON CO 252338 ARR 04-11-05 9:00 CDT 04-11-05 16:00 CDT D 15 S T 2 5. GO JOHNNY 978192 ARR 04-11-05 10:15 CDT 04-11-05 18:00 CDT U 15 S T 2 6. BRUCE HAHN 167448 ARR 04-11-05 10:30 CDT 04-11-05 20:00 CDT D 15 S T 2 7. EASY SAILOR 575543 ARR 04-11-05 11:00 CDT 04-11-05 22:00 CDT D 15 S T 2 8. FERMI’S #2 145763 EOL 04-11-05 8:30 CDT 04-11-05 24:00 CDT D 15 S T 2

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Locking Sequence

Resequencing FCFS FCFS Vessel Name Wait Wait Seq.Savings 1. RIVER RAT 1:55 9:55 5 + 8:00 2. RIVER SPECIAL 5:15 4:40 1 - 0:35 3. MEMCO #1312 1:45 9:45 7 + 8:00 4. EA POE IRON CO 7:00 5:40 2 - 1:20 5. GO JOHNNY 7:45 6:25 3 - 1:20 6. BRUCE HAHN 9:30 8:10 4 - 1:20 7. EASY SAILOR 11:00 10:15 6 - 0:45 8. FERMI’S #2 9:30 9:30 8 0:00

TOTAL 53:40 64:20 10:40

Net savings = 10 hours 40 minutes