00621456

Monograph

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The Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation requested that the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conduct a study to help determine where and how government action might assist in overcoming impediments and fostering efficiency in intermodal marine container transportation, especially through technological or institutional innovation. The TRB committee assembled to conduct this study included experts in transportation economics, transportation law, maritime policy, and marine engineering, along with representatives of major shippers, containership lines, port authorities, motor carriers, and railroads. The committee identified and analyzed 10 key issues on which government in the United States affects or can affect the intermodal marine container transportation industry. The issues are: ship procurement restrictions under the Operating Differential Subsidy (ODS) program; federally imposed ship-manning requirements; military cargo bidding policies; environmental policy conflicts and costs; overweight container trucks; customs clearance procedures; intermodal equipment interchange procedures; cargo liability and responsibility regulation; creation of a federal intermodal coordinating office; and collection and publication of container trade data. The report is organized in 4 chapters. Chapters 1-3 provide background on the development, components, and functioning of intermodal marine container transportation. Chapter 4 contains a detailed examination of each of the 10 key issues identified by the committee, including the committee's conclusions and recommendations, as appropriate.

136 p.

1992

Transportation Research Board Special Report

0-309-05154-1

Photos; References; Tables

Containerization; Freight transportation; Intermodal transportation; Maritime industry; Railroads; Recommendations; Regulation; Regulatory reform; Shipbuilding; Shipping; Technological innovations; Transportation; Transportation policy; Trucking

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Apr 30 1992 12:00AM