Specific methods of rationalization are used by liner ship operators acting together in various trades. Distinctly, they reduce the number of sailings at certain ports, reduce the number of ships in use, optimize ship speed and size, reduce the total capacity serving certain ports, reduce the number of ports of call per voyage, consolidate cargo by feeder vessel services, and consolidate cargo by land transport services. The purpose of the report is to provide one example of the cost benefits of rationalized liner service under the least disruptive circumstances that is, without a decrease in either fleet capacity or port service. The minimum level of rationalization is generated primarily by using the first two methods for rationalization listed above--reduced number of sailings and reduced number of ships. In other examples of rationalization, other methods could be applied and other benefits secured. The data base and analytical method developed in this highly constrained approach to rationalization are suitable for evaluating other rationalization methods under less constrained conditions. The scope of this study was limited to a sub-set of the foreign commerce of the United States, but with a level of generality that could be applied to the analysis of other rationalization approaches.


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    Title :

    Rationalization of Liner Service, United States Atlantic and Gulf Ports to Northern Europe. Volume II: Without a Decrease in Fleet Capacity or Port Service


    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    87 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English