OPTIMIZATION STUDIES FOR A STANDARDIZED DRY BULK CARRIER

The report seeks to determine in what way, and to what extent, new approaches to ship design can be utilized to increase the portion of U.S. foreign trade dry bulk cargoes carried in U.S. flag ships. The study is oriented to determining ship characteristics of standardized bulk carriers that could lead to significant cost savings if the designs were modularized for series production of relatively large numbers of ships. ( Author )

• Corporate Authors:

  Litton Systems, Incorporated

  Woodland Hills, CA  United States  91364
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 283 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Dry bulk cargo; Dry bulk carriers; Merchant vessels
• Old TRIS Terms: Competitive merchant ships
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00001646
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 1973 12:00AM