TRANSPORTABLE, FLOATING, BULK GRAIN UNLOADING PORT FACILITIES
The movement of grain is a major activity of the U.S.-flag ocean transportation system. Efficient handling of grain at foreign destination ports affects the cost of ocean freight, and therefore has a direct impact on the U.S. shipping industry, the government, the farming sector and other commercial interests. Off-loading facilities at destination ports are often inadequate or inefficient. Shallow draft berths, long vessel-waiting times, and inefficient off-loading operations all have adverse effects on the cost of ocean freight. The author suggests that the development of a floating, bulk grain-unloading facility that would be readily transportable by LASH barges aboard a mother vessel is a solution to the problem and is both technically and financially feasible.
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Corporate Authors:
Lembeck Associates, Incorporated
8300 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS United StatesMaritime Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Lembeck, H G
- Publication Date: 1989-8
Media Info
- Pagination: Various p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Cargo handling; Costs; Feasibility analysis; Freight traffic; Grain; LASH barges; Loading and unloading; Marine terminals; Port structures; Ports; Rates
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Freight rates; Grain trade
- Old TRIS Terms: Unloading systems
- Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00658121
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
- Contract Numbers: DTMA91-87-C-70014
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM