AN ASSESSMENT OF MARINE TRANSPORTATION COSTS RELATED TO POTENTIAL PORT SITES IN ALASKA

This report contains an assessment of twenty-nine potential port sites throughout Alaska. The three basic marine transportation systems that were considered for each potential port site were an on-shore terminal-oil tanker system, an onshore terminal-bulk carrier system, and an onshore terminal-tugboat and barge system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared by Engineering Computer Optecnomics, Inc., Arnold, Md.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal-State Land Use Plan Commission for Alaska

  Suite 400, West Fourth Avenue
  Anchorage, AK  United States  99501

  Engineering Computer Optecnomics, Incorporated

  505 Augusta Drive
  Arnold, MD  United States  21012
• Publication Date: 1977-8-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 333 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Barges; Bulk cargo terminals; Costs; Economic analysis; Economics; Intermodal terminals; Marine terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Planning; Port operations; Ports; Shipping; Surveying; Surveying; Tankers; Transportation; Transportation planning; Tug ship interaction; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Transportation costs
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy transport; Tanker ships; Terminal facilities; Tug barge systems
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00181777
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FSLUPCA-25
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1978 12:00AM