Navy-Owned Overseas Ocean Terminals, Who Should Operate Them

Abstract

The Navy currently operates eleven overseas ocean terminals while the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) operates sixteen. This study focuses on comparing Navy and MTMC overseas ocean terminals in the areas of booking, cargo accountability functions, billing systems, electronic data, in-transit cargo visibility, chain of command, mobilization, and rates. This data, which was obtained primarily from phone and personal interviews from terminal managers and comptroller personal at both Navy and MTMC terminals, is used to determine if it would be to the Navy's advantage to convert some, or all, of its overseas terminals to Navy-owned, MTMC-operated terminals. It is concluded that the Navy could benefit in several areas if the conversion to MTMC operations were made. A discussion of seven of these benefits is presented in expanded detail.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA280355

Entities

People

  • Mark F. Seidl
  • Theodore M. Edwards

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Cargo
  • Cargo Handling
  • Department Of Defense
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Shore Facilities
  • Organizational Structure
  • Second World War
  • Standards
  • Supply Depots
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics