Syria's planned expansion of the ports of Tartous and Lattakia will provide the nation with sufficient port capacity through the year 2000. The report's underlying assumption of an average one-shift per day loading rate is only possible if at both ports Syria: (1) implements a new, graduated tariff regime; (2) institutes unitized cargo handling; (3) improves coordination of road and rail transport to and from the ports; (4) improves the use of storage facilities and customs clearance procedures; and (5) develops a manpower training program.
Syrian Arab Republic Comprehensive Transport Study. Volume V: Ports and Shipping
1981
285 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Ocean Sciences & Technology , Coordination , Harbor facilities , Ports , Tariffs , Marine transportation , Developing countries , Rail transportation , Materials handling equipment , Pallets , Developing country application , Containerizing , Docks , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Highway transportation , Storage , Syria