A CRITIQUE OF THE RATIONALES FOR PRESENT U.S. MARITIME PROGRAMS

The current direction of our Maritime programs deserves careful scrutiny. A heavy reliance on ships to provide energy imports, when national policy is clearly directed toward substantially reducing the level of these imports throughout the next decade, seems to be most inadvisable, without other compelling economic/national security justifications. This paper has raised serious questions about these arguments in the context of the present program.

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  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Moyer, R C
  • Handerson, H
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-16
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Merchant fleet operation; Operating subsidies; Subsidies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084622
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Traffic and Transportation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM