FEASIBILITY OF UNITED STATES FLAG HEAVY LIFT SHIPPING. VOLUME III. APPENDICES

These appendices examine specific aspects of the shipment of heavy lift units, defined as exceeding 100 tons, or 80' length, or 15' width. Heavy lift units, traffic, and data sources were described, as were industrial projects generating heavy lift movements. Cargo preference activities of many countries were listed. The regulations of the ICC affecting vessel operators were examined and the availability from MarAd of government aids for U.S. vessels. Seven alternative types of heavy lift ships were described, and the manning of all small ships. Port cranes throughout the world were inventoried. Voyage itineraries and port calls of 17 existing heavy lift ships were analyzed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-275 572.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Incorporated

  Lykes Center, 300 Poydras Street
  New Orleans, LA  United States  70130

  Maritime Administration

  Office of Commercial Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Andrews, B V
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 146 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Cargo preference; Cargo ships; Costs; Cranes; Demand; Economic analysis; Forecasting; Freight transportation; Heavy lift vessels; International; Logistics; Market surveys; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Economic analysis (Heavy lift vessels); International logistics; Market studies; Shipboard handling equipment
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175096
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-RD-940-77065
• Contract Numbers: MA-6-38039
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM