THE FOREIGN NON-FUEL CARGO TRAFFIC DEMAND OF THE MAJOR BRITISH SEAPORTS IN 1980 AND 1985, A MARKOV CHAIN APPROACH

Projections of the future traffic demand of British seaports are of great importance to port-management bodies because of the huge capital investment required for installing modern port facilities. In this paper, the author uses a first order Markov Chain model to forecast the nonfuel cargo traffic demand of the major British seaports in 1980 and 1985.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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• Authors:
  • CHU, DKY
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 293-303
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Economic forecasting; Marine terminals; Mathematical models; Port operations; Port structures; Port traffic; Ports; Trade; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Port finance
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Trade diversion; Trade forecasts
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309365
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1980 12:00AM