The document reports on a study funded jointly by 17 states and the Maritime Administration. Its objective was to: (1) determine historic commodity flow data and project (forecast) trends and quantities to the year 2000, (2) inventory working cargo facilities, (3) estimate current cargo handling capacities, (4) project the handling capacity requirements to service forecast commodity growth to the year 2000, (5) estimate land and capital requirements to install required capacity to the year 2000, (6) estimate possible constraints, and their magnitude, of locks, the user charge, etc., (7) recommend institutional requirements for development.
Mid-America Ports Study, Volume 1. Main Report
1979
360 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Civil Engineering , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Ocean Sciences & Technology , Transportation , Problem-Solving Information for State & Local , Inland waterways , Ports , Waterway transportation , Planning , Development , Commerce , Forecasting , Cargo transportation , Marine terminals , Materials handling , Facilities , Econometrics , Rivers , Channels(Waterways) , State government , Locks(Waterways) , Local government , National government , Cost models