INLAND PORTS PROVING THEIR WORTH

The author emphasizes that the demand for more optimal methods of transporting seaborne cargo has resulted in inland waterway routes becoming an increasingly more attractive alternative and in order to illustrate the changing role of the inland port, examines three European ports situated at the center of industrial hinterlands, including Liege, Belgium, Lyon, France and Duisburg, the Federal Republic of Germany.

• Corporate Authors:

  Foxlow Publications Limited

  19 Harcourt Street
  London W1H 2AX,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pike, D
• Publication Date: 1980-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 119-120
• Serial:
  • DOCK AND HARBOUR AUTHORITY
  • Volume: 61
  • Issue Number: 717

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Inland waterways traffic; Port operations; Port traffic; Productivity; River ports
• Geographic Terms: Belgium; France; Germany
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331618
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1981 12:00AM