THE IMPACT OF MARITIME CONTAINERIZATION ON THE UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. VOLUME 2. MAIN BODY

The report represents the second phase of an earlier study entitled 'The Impact of Containerization on the U.S. Economy' (N.T.I.S. numbers COM-71-00050 and COM-71-00051). The main body report describes various effects that containerization has had to date and might have in the future. The topics covered include: forecasts of container fleets, container trade, and container port capacities; a description of a computer analysis model; and a projection of trends in containerization.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume, 1, COM-72-10405, TRIS 00034733.
• Corporate Authors:

  Manalytics, Incorporated

  625 Third Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94107
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 339 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container traffic; Containerization; Containers; Economics; Forecasting; International; International trade; International transportation; Ocean shipping; Transportation; Transportation policy
• Old TRIS Terms: Container surveys; Container traffic projections
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034734
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Contract Numbers: C-1-35494
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 27 2001 12:00AM