A Computational Comparison of Cargo Prioritization and Terminal AllocationProblem Models

•We study how to redirect and prioritize barge offloading during disruption event.•We formulate a mixed integer linear programming model to offload disrupted barges.•The model minimizes the cargo value loss during inland waterway disruptions.•Our method outperforms a non-linear model solved with a genetic algorithm approach.•Our method outperforms a non-linear model solved with a tabu search approach.