GREAT LAKES/ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY FEEDER SYSTEMS: A FEASIBILITY STUDY

As container traffic has become more generally accepted on the international scene, direct waterborne service to the Great Lakes has not kept pace. This paper explores several possible feeder systems that might provide container service between lake ports and a Canadian ocean port where transshipment to transocean ships could be effected. The paper considers the potential market for such a feeder service and discusses the competitive situation vis-a-vis land transport. The work described in this paper is based, in part, on a study Manalytics Incorporated performed for the Department of Transportation. The author was the project leader on that study.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the SNAME Spring Meeting, Chicago, Ill., May 22-24, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Lathrop, D S
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barge operations; Barges; Containerships; Design; Feeder services; Operations; Tugboats; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Integrated tug barge economics
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054085
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. 6
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 2001 12:00AM