COMPUTER CAN INCREASE BULK SHIP'S INCOME

The U.K. Atomic Energy Authority using Harwell scientists have developed a computer program for scheduling a bulk cargo fleet. The program has been used for over 1 year by a shipping company which reports substantially increased fleet profitability under both strong and weak market conditions. The system is adaptable to small or large fleet operators. An example is cited of an 8 ship operator with 400 ship days where the computer quickly saved 8 days over that produced by manual techniques.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lloyd's Corporation

  Lime Street
  London EC3M 7HA,   England 
• Publication Date: 1971-12-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Lloyd's Loading List
  • Publisher: Lloyd's Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Routing; Scheduling; Ship operations; Ships; Trade routes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship routing
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Ship operation); Ocean route analysis
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034508
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Journal of the Israel Shipping Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM