PORT SYSTEM STUDY FOR THE PUBLIC PORTS OF WASHINGTON STATE AND PORTLAND, OREGON. VOLUME II. TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT. PART 1. STUDY APPROACH, COMMODITY SPECIFICATIONS, TREND ANALYSIS, AND DOMESTIC TRADE ORIGIN AND DESTINATION DATA

Work in this study included obtaining public port physical, economic, and institutional data to assist in defining the current characteristics of the public port system. Commodity data gathered included foreign export/import commodity data, domestic coast wise receipts, and shipments data with forecasts made for the years 1980, 1990, and 2000. Forecasts also were made of marine and port technologies for the current and future time periods. Expert judgment was applied to assess impacts of potential future changes which cannot be determined from historical trends.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with 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

  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
• Publication Date: 1975-3-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 157 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo ships; Commodities; Demand; Development; Economic analysis; Economic conditions; Exports; Facilities; Forecasting; Imports; International trade; Marine terminals; Organizations; Port capacity; Port operations; Port structures; Ports; Seaports; Surveys; Technology; Trade; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: Oregon; Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Ports); Economic surveys; Port surveys
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145851
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATR-75(7454)-2-Pt-1, MA-GEN-970-7701-Vol-2
• Contract Numbers: MA-4-37068
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM