A Study of the Economic Influence of Containerisation on Transport Systems : Report of the Twenty-First Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 1-2 February 1973

A Study of the Economic Influence of Containerisation on Transport Systems Report of the Twenty-First Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 1-2 February 1973

This Round Table describes and evaluates the British experience regarding containerisation, and discusess its implications for developments elsewhere in Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joy, Stewart (-)
Corporate Authors: European Conference of Ministers of Transport (-), Round Table on Transport Economics (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider, Round Table on Transport Economics, 21st
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 1974.
Series:ECMT Round Tables, no.21.
Subjects:
Transport
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706239406719
Table of Contents:
  • LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
  • INTRODUCTORY REPORT
  • A Study of the Economic Influence of Containerisation on Transport Systems by Stewart Joy, United Kingdom
  • Introduction
  • Background to the container revolution
  • Characteristics of the Freightliner system in Britain
  • Freightliner versus road haulier
  • Freightliners' relations with the railways
  • The influence of maritime traffic
  • The implications of the British experience for other European railways
  • Bibliograpny
  • SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION
  • -Introduction
  • Lessons to be learned from the Freightliner experiment
  • The containerisation market: traffic forecast
  • Difficulties presented by the attitude of transport operators
  • Technical difficulties
  • Conclusions

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