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Corporate Creators:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Analysis Federal Government International Trade Marine Technology Maritime Cargo Policies Maritime Industry Maritime Policies Maritime Technology Ocean Shipping Policy, Legislation And Regulation Seaborne Trade Transportation Policy U.S. Maritime Industries U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
Publication/ Report Number:
OTA-O-220
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1402928
Resource Type:
Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:
United States
TRIS Online Accession Number:
00647180
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
NTL Classification:
NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Economics and Finance;NTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Planning and Policy;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and Finance;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and Policy;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic Impacts;NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal Laws;
Abstract:
Because of concerns about the viability and productivity of U.S. maritime

industries as well as the future U.S. position in world trade, Congress

requested Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to prepare this assessment.

Congress asked OTA to undertake an analysis and forecast of longterm trends in

global seaborne trade and maritime technology in relation to the U.S. maritime

industry. This assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology traces prevailing

conditions and dominant trends that are important to the way the Federal

Government assumes its responsibility for developing and implementing policy.

The report contains analyses of the world outlook for trade, shipping, and

shipbuilding. It identifies the extent of U. S. participation in these

enterprises. It analyses the U.S. shipping and shipbuilding industries and

identifies certain weak and strong attributes. It discusses trends in technology

as well as in the policies of the United States and of our major trading

partners. OTA has found that, although there are both healthy and troubled

segments of the U.S. maritime industries, all sectors are becoming increasingly

dependent on Federal policy decisions. And, with increasing competition in world

trade as well as shipping services to carry that trade, intervention by all

governments is more and more prevalent. OTA received valuable assistance in

the preparation of this assessment from its advisory panel, which represented

a cross section of U, S. maritime industry, labor, and user interests. The panel

provided critiques and advice throughout the assessment and particularly during

a detailed review of this final report. Other contributors to the assessment

were contractors and individual consultants who provided valuable analyses of

specific topics that were integrated into the overall report. The link in this

record leads to a Table of Contents for this document in hypertext that will

allow the user to view in .pdf format the entire volume (231p., 4562K) or

selected chapters.


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PDF
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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