DOMESTIC SHIPPING AND MARITIME POLICY

The paper analyzes the major components of the U.S. Domestic Merchant Marine and sketches the background behind a major shift in maritime policy, as well as the major program elements, as established at the National Planning Conference on Domestic Shipping in May 1972. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sansone, W T
• Publication Date: 1972-10-18

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coasts; Commodities; Domestic; Domestic transportation; Freight transportation; Inland waterways; Merchant vessels; Policy; Shipping; Statistics; Systems analysis; Trade; Transportation; Water traffic; Water transportation
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Maritime Administration
• Geographic Terms: Alaska; Hawaii; Lake Michigan; Pacific Ocean; Puerto Rico; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Domestic shipping; Domestic shipping industry; Ma; Transportation systems analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046212
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-GEN-740-73020
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM