GREAT LAKES-OVERSEAS MARINE TRANSPORTATION MARKET ASSESSMENT. A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR U.S. FLAG OPERATIONS. VOLUME I

The Great Lakes-Overseas Marine Transportation Market Assessment is a comprehensive study of commercial marine operations in foreign trade between Great Lakes and overseas ports. In Volume 1, the study screens forty-one alternative liner cargo shipping systems and selects one, an all-container service, as having the highest potential for success. This system is fully developed in a business proposal with management, financial, and marketing plans.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Executive Summary, PB-265 046. Also available in set of 4 reports PC E11, PB-265 045-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Simat, Helliesen and Eichner, Incorporated

  1019 19th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 200 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Cargo ships; Common carriers; Containerization; Freight traffic; International trade; Level of service; Market research; Market surveys; Markets; Mathematical models; Ports; Trade; Transportation; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services; Transportation models
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence Seaway; Western Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Containerizing; Market studies; Trade development
• Subject Areas: Economics; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155130
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-RD-940-77061
• Contract Numbers: MA-4-37124
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM