Rationalization of liner service, United States Atlantic and gulf ports to northern Europe. Volume I: Executive summary. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5939336

The report is a 5 volume work and presents the results of an analysis of alternative approaches to rationalization in the U.S. liner trades. The Federal Maritime Commission's primary purpose for the analysis was to obtain an estimate of the relative cost benefits that could be derived from a practical rationalization example, first without a decrease in fleet capacity or port service and then with decreased fleet capacity and port service. FMC's secondary purpose was to obtain and evaluate various means of implementation and institutional forms available to achieve rationalization. Rationalization is generally defined as the minimization of the resources required to supply a product or to meet a demand. As applied to the United States liner trades, which are subject to the regulatory authority of the Federal Maritime Commission, we used a special definition of rationalization: to redeploy the liner fleet for reducing fleet size, increasing ship utilization, decreasing operating cost, and reducing fuel consumption, while assuring shippers of adequate capacity and frequency of service to transport the cargoes offered by them.

• Research Organization: Manalytics, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5939336
• Report Number(s): PB-81-142341
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320204* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Transportation-- Sea & Water
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CAPACITY
CARGO
CARIBBEAN SEA
COST
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FUEL ECONOMY
GULF OF MEXICO
HARBORS
MARITIME TRANSPORT
NORTH AMERICA
OPERATING COST
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
SEAS
SERVICE SECTOR
SHIPS
SURFACE WATERS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TRADE
TRANSPORT
USA