PACIFIC SHIPPING 77

This Conference covered four major areas as follows. (1) Pacific Liner Trades: Containerization 19 years after its inception; A U.S. operator's view of the Pacific liner trades; National Cargo preference and Pacific liner shipping; Fesco's future in the Pacific. (2) Bulk Shipping: An operator's view of the dry bulk trade and tramp market; Financing ships-key factors for the future; Japanese raw materials imports and the shipping factor; Forest products movements and vessel demand. (3) Energy Transportation: U.S. oil imports and tanker demand; U.S. flag tanker prospects; Alaskan north slope crude oil-transportation challenges; Gas supplies and needs of the U.S. West Coast. (4) Emerging Maritime Nations of the Pacific Basin: The development of the Filipino fleet, Philippine seamen and the foreign flag; Financing needs of the emerging Pacific maritime nations; The development of merchant shipping in Indonesia.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Seatrade Conference held in San Francisco, California, June 14-15, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Seatrade Publications Limited

  Fairfax House
  Colchester CO1 1RJ, Essex,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo handling; Bulk carriers; Cargo preference; Containerization; Demand; Dry bulk cargo; Financing; Foreign; Forest products; Liner shipping; Oils; Petroleum; Ship operations; Ships; Tankers; Tramp shipping; Transportation; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulk oil transport; Energy transport; Foreign maritime development; Ship financing; Tanker demand
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170507
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Seatrade Publications Limited
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM