INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF U.S. SHIPPING

This paper provides a broad view of the subject of productivity in overseas transportation systems, with particular emphasis on directions in which productivity can be improved. It is recognized that oceangoing vessels are only one of the elements in overseas transportation systems and that costs must be assessed on a system-wide basis. References are made to analyses carried out and techniques developed at the Center for Maritime Studies in the course of a project for the Maritime Administration, including the use of a mathematical model of containership fleets and terminals to determine comparative transport capabilities, costs and average cargo delivery times.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Spring Meeting of SNAME, May 1972, Williamsburg, Va.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • McCaul, J R
  • Zubaly, R B
  • Lewis, E V
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Freight transportation; Productivity; Shipping; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Education and Training; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00032699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 1974 12:00AM