GREAT LAKES-OVERSEAS MARINE TRANSPORTATION MARKET ASSESSMENT. A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR U.S. FLAG OPERATIONS. VOLUME II. APPENDICES

Contents: Port profiles; Railroad candidates for cooperative rates and services via Great Lakes ports; Questions and answers concerning availability of construction and operating differential subsidy for U.S. flag Great Lakes/overseas operators; Personal interview survey of Great Lakes hinterland shippers; Confidential questionnaire survey of major shippers/importers in the Great Lakes hinterland; 1973 origin/destination data for high penetration states to U.K.-Western Europe; Advisory panel; Physical characteristics and required freight rate analysis; Total transportation cost methodology; Maritime marketing strategy model; Assumptions and calculations concerning required market penetration. (Portions of this document are not fully legible.)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Supplement to Volume 1, PB-265 048. Also available in set of 4 reports PC E11, PB-265 045-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Simat, Helliesen and Eichner, Incorporated

  1019 19th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 326 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Cargo ships; Commodities; Common carriers; Containerization; International trade; Level of service; Market research; Market surveys; Markets; Mathematical models; Ports; Trade; Transportation; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services; Transportation models
• Geographic Terms: Great Lakes; Saint Lawrence Seaway; Western Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Containerizing; Market studies; Trade development
• Subject Areas: Economics; Terminals and Facilities; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155132
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-RD-940-77062-A
• Contract Numbers: MA-4-37124
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM