Impacts of Changes in Ship Design on Transportation Infrastructure and Operations

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Containerships
  • Freight transportation
  • Ports
  • Shipping conferences
  • Impacts
  • Containerized trade
  • Megaships
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00790521
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  This report presented the input received by the U.S. Department of Transportation at four regional meetings addressing the question of how the growth in worldwide containerized trade and the expected growth in volumes of freight handled by major container ports will place additional demands on the U.S. transportation system. The meetings paid particular attention to the introduction of large containerships (megaships) and their potential impact on freight transportation within the United States. The fundamental issue addressed in these conferences was how improving infrastructure links to ports was a critical prerequisite for transportation to function as a system.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13765/dot_13765_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.58 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3db0db7491541908317449a2744b7eabb95926e550fe484c7eb0c169bbc421dc