PORT SYSTEM STUDY FOR THE PUBLIC PORTS OF WASHINGTON STATE AND PORTLAND, OREGON. VOLUME II. TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT. PART 4. PUGET SOUND AND LOWER COLUMBIA SUBREGION COMMODITY FORECASTS

This Supplement presents forecasts of general cargo, grains and soybeans, dry bulk and liquid bulk commodity movements in foreign and domestic coastwise oceanborne trade. Also presented are the methodology, assumptions and rationale used to develop the forecasts. The commodity forecasts were developed with the aid of linear and logarithmic projections and analysis of past trends (1954 through 1973).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Engineering and Management Sciences Corp., Woodland Hills, Calif., Washington Public Ports Association, Olympia, and Port of Portland, Oregon. Also available in set of 7 reports as PB-258 120-SET, PC$40.75/MF$14.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  Aerospace Corporation

  2350 East El Sequdo Boulevard
  El Sequndo, CA  United States  90245

  Engineering and Management Sciences Corporation

  Woodlands Hills, CA  United States  91364

  Washington Public Ports Association

  1501 Capitol Way South
  Olympia, WA  United States  98507

  Port of Portland

  700 NE Multnomah Street, P.O. Box 3529
  Portland, OR  United States  97208

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Waters, R C
• Publication Date: 1975-3-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural products; Bulk cargo handling; Commodities; Development; Economic analysis; Economic forecasting; Exports; Freight transportation; Grain; Imports; International trade; Liquids; Marine terminals; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical prediction; Methodology; Motor vehicles; Port capacity; Port operations; Port structures; Ports; Seafood; Seaports; Soybeans; Steel; Surveys; Trade; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: Columbia River; Oregon; Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk handling; Cargo transportation; Economic analysis (Ports); Port surveys
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145848
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATR-75(7454)-2-Pt-4, MA-GEN-970-7705-Vol-2-Pt-4
• Contract Numbers: MA-4-37068
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM