U. S. Deepwater Port Study. Volume I. Summary and Conclusions.

Abstract

The report provides an overall appraisal of deep port needs for the United States by means of identification of the factors critical to U. S. deepwater port decision; development of criteria appropriate to the evaluation of engineering, economic and environmental aspects of deep port needs and policies, analysis of the development options available at this time and the critical issues surrounding each and the identification of critical issues which need further analysis. The study emphasizes port requirements for bulk commodities. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0750090

Entities

People

  • B. Ahnert
  • Jacobus De Rover
  • Jeremy C. Ulin
  • Philip Cheney
  • Ralph L. Trisko

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Continents
  • Engineering
  • Identification
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design