POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF REOPENING AND EXPANDING THE SUEZ CANAL ON THE SHIPMENT COST OF CRUDE OIL

This paper examines the likely consequences for the economics of tanker operations of reopening the Canal. Specifically, the focus of this analysis is upon the cost of shipping crude oil from the Persian Gulf to ports in Europe and the United States in ships that transit the Canal at least in ballast.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Gribbin, J A
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 259-263
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Canal transit; Canals; Economics; Petroleum; Ship operations; Shipping; Tankers; Transportation; Travel time
• Old TRIS Terms: Shipping economics; Tanker operations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM