Factors which govern type, location and capacity of ports required in immediate future; these factors are primarily economic -- changes in cargo and passenger traffic and costs of sea and land components of transport, also cost of competing systems such as air transport; technical factors are concerned, such as possibility of building and operating larger and more specialized ships, and new ways of cargo handling. (pt 3 1967-68 p 129-156, pt 4 157-62) (37756)
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