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A Study of the Economic Influence of Containerisation on Transport Systems [electronic resource]: Report of the Twenty-First Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 1-2 February 1973 / European Conference of Ministers of Transport
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Joy, Stewart.
- European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
- Conference Name:
- Round Table on Transport Economics (21st : 1973 : Paris, France)
- Series:
- ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.21.
- ECMT Round Tables, 19900228 ; no.21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transport.
- Local Subjects:
- Transport.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (77 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing, 1974.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This Round Table describes and evaluates the British experience regarding containerisation, and discusess its implications for developments elsewhere in Europe.
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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