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Interim Port Director for
the Port of Cates Landing, Tiptonville, TN. (Underway)
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Economic Impact Analysis of
the Low Water Event between St. Louis and Cairo. (Underway)
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Development of
Infrastructure and Transportation Strategy for State Commodity Association.
(Underway)
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Bond Financing Alternatives
for Transportation Infrastructure Supporting Agriculture for two state
commodity associations. (Underway)
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Engagement of Participants
in a Container-On-Barge Program Transporting Agricultural Products.
(Underway)
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Roads and Bridges Framework
to Identify Entities with Vested Interests to Improve Bridge Funding for a
state commodity association. (Underway)
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Analysis and Identification
of Bridge Infrastructure Impacting Agriculture for a state association.
(Underway)
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Barge Fleet Profile –
Informa Economics’ conducts a yearly profile of the inland barge fleet
include age of fleet data, equipment by company and value of used assets.
(On-going)
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Barge Commodity Profile –
Informa Economics’ annually prepares a commodity barge report, a compendium
of barge movements by commodity and barge type. (On-going)
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Conducting and preparing an
annual compilation and analysis of shallow-draft/inland vessel operating
costs for a federal government agency. (On-going)
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Conducting and preparing
annual compilation and analysis of ocean going barge vessel operating costs
for a federal government agency. (On-going)
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Conducting and preparing
annual compilation and analysis of Great Lakes vessel operating costs for a
federal government agency. (On-going)
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Development of a Port
Master Plan for a Public Port. (February 2013)
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Analysis of Canadian Grain
Port Terminals. (October 2012)
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Quality Analysis for
Soybean Intermodal Shipments for a state commodity association. (August
2012)
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Lock Maintenance Needs
Relative to Commodity Product Value for a state association. (July 2012)
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Analysis and assessment of
a merger between agriculture entities for a Canadian provincial government.
(June 2012)
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Peer Review of Long Term
Market Studies for a Central American infrastructure entity. (June 2012)
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Rural Infrastructure Study
for national agriculture transportation association. (June 2012)
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Study to Identify
Opportunities within a Grain Origination Network for a transportation
provider. (May 2012)
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Assess a targeted soybean
utilization impact on transportation and infrastructure for a state
association. (May 2012)
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Analysis of the Reefer Supply Chain Relative
Commodity Producers for a state association. (May 2012)
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Impact of a Targeted
Commodity Utilization on the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics for
a state association. (March 2012)
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Analysis of Dry Bulk
Shipment Logistics to and from the Middle East for a Middle East food
company. (March 2012)
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Summary and Review of
Agriculture Transportation and Infrastructure for a private equity company.
(February 2012)
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Analysis of Increasing Road
Weight Limits for Agricultural Commodities for a state commodity
association. (November 2011)
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Farm to Market Study for
national agricultural association. (September 2011)
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Long Term Outlook of
Agriculture’s Impact on Infrastructure for a private banking group (October
2011)
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Panama Canal Expansion:
Impact on US Agriculture study for national grain association. (September
2011)
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Evaluation and Outlook for
Investment Alternatives of Global Grain Storage Opportunities for a private
investment firm (August 2011)
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Assessment and evaluation
of inland of marine assets for a transportation provider. (August 2011)
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Expert report (assessment
of fuel surcharges and other business fees, and review of plaintiff expert
report, August 15, 2011) and deposition (September 13, 2011, Memphis, TN)
for defendant (confidential, pursuant to protective order)
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Evaluation of terminal
investment alternatives for a private grain company. (June 2011)
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Profile and Assessment of
US Grain Export Capacity for two state grain associations. (June 2011)
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Grain and soybean impact
analysis for infrastructure impediments and failures for a state
association. (July 2011)
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Evaluation and Feasibility
of Acquiring a Liquid Truck Company Engaged in Biofuels Transportation for a
private investment firm. (June 2011)
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Infrastructure Assessment
and Economic Impact Relative to Grain Movements, Biofuels, Livestock and
Further Food Processing study for a state association. (May 2011)
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Impacts of Higher Truck
Weights on Grain Producers for a specific state. (May 2011)
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Trends and Forecasts of
Macro-Level Business Environment for Grain Origination System for a private
grain company. (May 2011)
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Impact Analysis of Climate
Change Policy and Evaluation and Outlook of the Supply and Demand Situation
of the Inland Barge Fleet. (February 2011)
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Analysis of transportation
factors impacting feed stock and ingredients. (February 2011)
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Analyze the commodity flows
and competitive situation for Mapleton, IL and Bussen Spur. (September 2010)
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Market and logistic study
of palm oil in the US. (September 2010)
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Analysis of Center Gulf
Export elevators and river terminals. (September 2010)
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Impacts of Higher Truck
Weights on Indiana Grain Producers, (August 2010)
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Economies of scale
assessment for a Lake Charles, LA grain export facility. (May 2010)
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Terminal analysis along
Illinois River. (May 2010)
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Expert report ("Impact of
Hurricane Katrina on Tyson Foods, Inc. International Chicken Leg Quarter
Logistics, Supply Chain and Transportation," July 24, 2009) and deposition
(December 16, 2009, Ropes & Gray, New York, NY) to Dickstein Shapiro, LLP
for defendant Tyson Foods, Inc. in the matter Certain Underwriters at
Lloyd’s et al v. Tyson Foods, Inc., in Superior Court of the State of
Delaware, Case No. 07c-06255 JEB; 2009-2010
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Origination dynamics for
corn, soybeans and wheat in IL, IA, NE and SD. (May 2010)
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Grain storage and river
loading terminal analysis on Danube River in Bulgaria. (March 2010)
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Review and Analysis of Corn
Rail Rates, prepared for National Corn Growers Association. (December 2009)
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Long Term Outlook and
Evaluation of the Operating Capacity for Grain, Soybeans and By-Products
Exports Through the Pacific Northwest. (December 2009)
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Barge lock study for the
Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. (December 2009)
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Barge fuel tax revenue
study of inland navigation systems for state association. (December 2009)
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Evaluation and Selection of
Transportation Management Service. (2009)
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An Economic Evaluation of
Road Weight Limits for Indiana Soybean Association and Indiana Corn
Marketing Board. (2009)
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Evaluation of National
Energy and Transportation Corridors for a national association. (2009)
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Indiana Infrastructure
Assessment and Economic Impact Relative to Grain Movements, Biofuels,
Livestock and Further Food Processing study for Soybean Association and
Indiana Corn Marketing Board. (2009)
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Evaluation and Outlook of
the Towing Industry Servicing the Inland Barge Market Along the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway for a transportation provider. (2009)
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Market Evaluation and
Outlook of the Liquid Barge Market for a holding company. (2009)
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Review and Analysis of Fuel
Surcharge Programs for an association. (2008)
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Strategic Review of
Transportation and Fleet Requirements for Operating Companies of a
corporation. (2008)
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Analysis of river barge and
grain elevator operations on Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio Rivers for a
cooperative. (2008)
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Evaluation and outlook of
the towing industry servicing the inland dry barge market along the Gulf
Coast for a transportation provider. (2008)
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Evaluation and Analysis of
Fertilizer Logistics Chains for a terminalling company. (2008)
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Economic Analysis of Army
Corps of Engineers Barge Locking Fee for an association. (2008)
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Commodity and Barge
Situation and Outlook Report for a Barge Operator. (2008)
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Analysis of the US grain
origination system for an international grain buyer. (2008)
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Valuation of Grain
Elevators in North Dakota and Minnesota for an international grain buyer.
(2008)
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Expected Incidence of Grain
Contamination in U.S. Corn Exports for a seed company. (2008)
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Evaluation of Existing
Maritime Assets and Potential Markets. (2008)
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Analysis of grain barge
loading terminals for a cooperative. (2008)
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Evaluation of drybulk
terminalling on the inland navigation system. (2008)
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Evaluation of company’s
transportation and logistics program. (2008)
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Prepare and facilitate
transportation Request for Bid for a steel shipper. (2008)
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Dry barge market study for
a leasing company. (2008)
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Evaluate competitive trends
for soybean products in key international ports from the US, Brazil and
Argentina. (2007)
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Strategic evaluation of a
client’s terminalling operations and practices (2007).
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Study on the transportation
of DDGS for the U.S. Grains Council. (2007)
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Feasibility of a River
Barge Terminal on the Lower Mississippi River. (2007)
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Evaluation of an additional
truck dump and increased storage capacity. (2007)
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Strategic assessment of a
western Corn Belt grain origination system. (2007)
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Evaluation and assessment
of South America’s navigation system and barge industry. (2007)
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Long-term barge movement
forecast for farm and non-farm commodity movements for a federal government
agency. (2006)
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An evaluation and profile
of liquid tank barge fleet and the movement of liquid commodities and
products by barge on the inland navigation system. (2006)
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An outlook for the supply
of jumbo covered barges for a major US equipment leasing company. Forecasts
of future demand for the transportation asset were compared with the demand
for these assets. (2006)
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Black Sea Port evaluation
and selection for new dry and liquid port terminals for an international
shipper. (2005)
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Evaluate for an
international shipper the Port of Suape, Brazil for a terminal to handle
fertilizer imports and grain and soybean exports. (2005)
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Assess for an international
shipper global dredging cost factors and drivers for an international
shipping company. (2005)
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Evaluate and modeled for
the World Bank the distribution and infrastructure system of Russia’s grain
trade. (2004)
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Barge market outlook and a
general overview of US transportation system for a major equipment
manufacturer. Movement of major agricultural commodities, by mode, was
forecast five years into the future and compared with barge, rail and truck
assets. (2004)
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For a major financial
institution, an analysis of a barge company’s earning potential based the
outlook for barge movement over the next ten years and the company’s cost
position relative to competitive carriers. (2003)
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A comparison of the US rail
grain system with the Canadian system including policy, infrastructure and
operating practices comparisons. (2003)
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Gdansk – Poland deep-water
port feasibility study for a major lending institution and the project
principle. Work included forecasted amounts of throughput and logistical
analysis of capabilities. (2003)
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Evaluation and Outlook of
Inland Barge Market Multi-Client Study. Conducted operator surveys,
commodity forecasts for barge supply and demand outlook for 5-years. (2003)
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Barge market outlook and a
general overview of transportation system for a major barge line
participant. Grain exports and movement to Gulf export facilities was
forecast and strategies for development of extra volume from the upper river
was explored. (2002)
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Studied the impact of fuel
surtax on barge operators and farmers. Calculated the economic loss to
farmers of increased levels of barge fuel tax.
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Transportation Multi-Client
Study – overall review of the US transportation system for several North
American transportation entities. Analysis included by-mode projection of
movement and future availability of transportation assets.
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For at least two major
owners and operators of covered hopper cars, conducted an outlook for the
supply and demand of covered hopper cars in the US. Analysis included
projections of car fleet and car fleet demand.
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An evaluation of selected
sites for the development of high through put elevators in Western Canada,
including the design and development of an optimization model employing
linear programming to assess the greatest potential for a high throughput
elevator under a variety of market and transportation related scenarios.
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An assessment of the costs
of building and operating high through put elevators in Western Canada, in
the context of market related issues such as shifts in cropping mix,
competition from increased processing demand and potential shifts in
transportation policy.
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The development of long
term projections (5 to 10 years) of Western Canadian grain flows for a major
railroad, including projections of export demand, demand for rail equipment
due to directional movements of grain to export positions.
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An evaluation of the grain
collection network for a major Canadian grain company, including an analysis
of various potential sites for high throughput elevators.
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A review of the grain
handling network restructuring and rationalization for Transport Canada.
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Port Competitiveness study
for Transport Canada (part of the Estey/Kroeger process) analyzing the
potential for Western Canadian grain to flow through non-traditional ports.
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Ocean Freight Analysis,
looking at the implications of changing ocean freight rates and spread on
the inland routing of grain in Canada and the United States.
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Strategic analyses for
Inland high-throughput elevators for grain companies.
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Detailed analysis of rail
transportation policies (such as car pooling and car allocation formulae) as
they relate to west coast movement, for a Vancouver terminal operator.
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An analysis of railway
competitiveness in Western Canada.
