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 /
Joy, Stewart.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(21st :1973 :Paris, France)
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Round Table on Transport Economics,21st,Paris,1973.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1974.
This Round Table describes and evaluates the British experience regarding containerisation, and discusess its implications for developments elsewhere in Europe.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS  -- INTRODUCTORY REPORT -- A Study of the Economic Influence of Containerisation on Transport Systems by Stewart Joy,&nbsp;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
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This Round Table describes and evaluates the British experience regarding containerisation, and discusess its implications for developments elsewhere in Europe.
Transport
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics