CALCULATIONAL METHODS

The two measures of effectiveness by which ships are compared are the cost per unit of cargo carried and the relative revenue required to earn a stated return on the original investment. The computational method which accomplishes this comparison places a ship on a hypothetical trade route, starts it circling and making port calls, and at the end of a year's operation totals the cost of operation and the amount of cargo transported.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Part of the Proceedings of the 1958 Nuclear Merchant Ship Symposium, held in Washington, D.C., August 21, 1958.
• Corporate Authors:

  American-Standard

  Atomic Energy Division
  Mountain View, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Temme, M I
• Publication Date: 1958-8-21

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Economics; Nuclear power; Ship operations; Shipping
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Ship operation); Shipping economics
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026132
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: USAEC 58-7883
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 4 1973 12:00AM