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Systems analysis of inland consolidation centers for marine cargo

Title
Systems analysis of inland consolidation centers for marine cargo / Richard H. Jordan, [and twelve others].
Author
Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.). Technical Analysis Division.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : National Bureau of Standards, 1970.

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Additional Authors
  • Jordan, Richard H. (Of National Bureau of Standards)
  • Institute for Basic Standards (U.S.). Applied Mathematics Division.
Description
xxiii, 138 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.
Summary
The technical note documents a study to develop analytical techniques for use in optimizing the locations and characteristics of inland centers to facilitate the flow of containerizable marine cargo. Such centers would perform the consolidation of small lots of break-bulk general cargo into container loads for export; for the reverse flow, they would carry out the handling and unloading of import containers for cargo distribution. Performance of these functions inland, rather than exclusively at or near the ports involved, should result in savings to the shipping community from transporting cargo over land in full containers rather than as more costly less-than-carload lots. A mathematical model and associated solution technique have been developed, implemented in a digital computer program to a point compatible with the kinds of information available, and exercised using the body of data and background material accumulated during the fact-finding phases of the study. (Author).
Series Statement
NBS technical note ; 530
Uniform Title
NBS technical note ; 530.
Subject
  • Terminals (Transportation) > Mathematical models
  • Unitized cargo systems > Mathematical models
  • Shipping > Mathematical models
  • System analysis
  • systems analysis
  • Shipping > Mathematical models
  • System analysis
  • Terminals (Transportation) > Mathematical models
  • Unitized cargo systems > Mathematical models
Genre/Form
Technical reports.
Note
  • "A United States Department of Commerce publication."
  • "CODEN: NBTNA."
  • Replaces the August 1968 report carried out for the U.S. Maritime Administration.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
75610029
OCLC
  • ocm05126752
  • 5126752
  • SCSB-9334259
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library