MarAd Releases Study On Great Lakes Shipping
The Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has released a major study designed to promote U.S.-flag liner service in the Great Lakes overseas trades.
The study, entitled "Great Lakes-Overseas Marine Transportation Market Assessment," was performed by Simat, Helliesen & Eichner, a Boston, Mass.-based consulting firm. It establishes the essential criteria for successful U.S.-flag operations to and from the nation's "Fourth Seacoast." By employing market surveys, modal split analyses and required freight rate models, the study evaluated 42 variations of alternative marine transportation systems as potential competitors in a Great Lakes overseas system.
After considering market penetration, financial considerations and competition from alternative modes and routes, the study recommended two systems as having the highest potential for success in the Great Lakes service. The two systems are an all-container service employing five ships, and a combination dry bulk/container service requiring seven ships.
Both systems would provide weekly service between Detroit and Chicago in the Great Lakes and selected ports in Western Europe using the St. Lawrence Seaway. During the winter months, when the Seaway is closed, rail transportation would be employed to move the cargoes to and from Detroit and Chicago and East Coast ports.
The study provides detailed financial, marketing and management plans for both systems, taking into consideration the Great Lakes market environment which possesses many unusual operating conditions and challenging market service requirements.
The financial plans developed provide a full series of pro forma financial statements which indicate that both the full container service and the container/bulk service would be successful in providing a high level of dependable, competitive U.S.-flag service to those shippers located in the Great Lakes winterland.
The study contains a sound business analysis framework and a wealth of detailed information on Great Lakes shipping, such as port profiles, shipper interview information, cargo data and rail and terminal cost data, all which can be useful to those interested in shipping opportunities on America's "Fourth Seacoast." The report comprises the following four volumes: Executive Summary; Volume I; Supplement to Volume I; and Volume II — Appendices.
Copies are available for purchase from the National Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Va. 22161.
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Content
- MRIS Publishes Cumulative Index For 1970-1976 page: 4
- Zapper, Inc. Applies For Title XI To Build $9-Million Barge Carrier page: 6
- New Development Team For Ocean Liners page: 6
- Fred S. Sherman Elected AIMS Board Chairman page: 7
- McAllister Expands Container Feeder Service With $2-Million 300-Foot Ocean Deck Barge page: 11
- Equitable Sends Two 95-Foot Tugs To Indonesia On Deck Of Lykes Ship Via Cape Of Good Hope page: 11
- North America-Mideast Trade To Get Largest Ro/Ro Ships In New Seaspeed Service This Month page: 14
- Offshore Technology Conference Technical Session Timetable page: 14
- Prudential, Stanwick Develop Shipboard Maintenance System page: 19
- Dravo SteelShip Delivers Towboat With Elevating Pilothouse To International Paper page: 22
- Dr. Anderson Describes Construction Of Offshore Concrete Facility To SNAME Los Angeles Section page: 22
- Hyundai Mipo Commissions Two Additional Graving Docks For Large Vessel Repairs page: 25
- Pacific Northwest Section Presents Two Papers And Tour Of Vessels page: 25
- Water Lubricated Rubber Bearings Subject Of SNAME San Diego Meeting page: 26
- Alaska Asks For Bids To Stretchout And Modify The M / V Matanuska page: 26
- Dravo Corp. Names Greene And Jelic page: 27
- Dynell Offers Latitude/Longitude Omega Receiver page: 28
- Mobile, Bottom Supported Drilling And Production Platform page: 33
- Bourg Dry Dock & Service Appoints Two Executives page: 34
- Toutant And LaGrange Named Vice Presidents At Jeffboat, Inc. page: 35
- Raytheon Company Introduces A Dual-Axis Doppler Speed Log page: 38
- Number Of Vessels Classed By ABS Increased In 1976 page: 40
- Pacific Towboat Names Four To Executive Posts page: 41
- Santa Fe Affiliate Receives $40-Million Saudi Arabian Contract page: 43
- Shipbuilders Council Elects New Board page: 43
- Astilleros Espanoles Names Wesley Wheeler Exclusive U.S.A. Rep page: 44
- Farrell Lines Inc. Names Captain Moore page: 44
- Philadelphia ASNE And SNAME Sections Hear Presentation On The Arapho Concept page: 45
- Henschel Corp. Offers Literature On New Digital Shaft RPM Indicators page: 46
- Dillingham Ship Repair Names Charles Carter And Cliff Pritchard page: 46
- Crowley Assigns Ducich To Caribbean Division page: 48
- Fort Schuyler Forum Celebrates 25th Anniversary —Discusses 'Marine Chemist' And 'Marine Safety' page: 48
- NOAA Awards Contract To French Company page: 50
- Schedule Announced For ASNE Day May 5-6 page: 50
- New Barge Company Formed To Serve Alaska page: 51
- Gulf Mississippi Marine Signs For Three Vessels From George Engine page: 52
- NSF Certifies Demco Aeration Type Packaged Sewage Treatment page: 52
- ABS Elects Eleven New Members —Five New Managers page: 54
- R.L. Fagan Rejoins Stanwick Corporation page: 54
- MarAd Releases Study On Great Lakes Shipping page: 55
- K.E. Sheehan Elected Vice President Of ABS page: 56
- Kawasaki/Philippines Form Company To Build Large Ship Repair Yard page: 57
- Ship Stern Study Released By MarAd page: 57
- Maryland Port Adm. Moves To Baltimore World Trade Center page: 58
- ICHCA Elects Farrell President U.S. Committee page: 58
- Petro-Marine Announces Major Reorganization page: 59
- ASNE Northern New England Section Elects Officers—Speaker Compares USSR And U.S. Warship Design Practice page: 60
- AWO Elects Stegbauer Chairman Of Board page: 61