TRANSPORT ANALYSES: GREAT LAKES AND SEAWAY. VOL. I SUMMARY AND MISCELLANEOUS

This is the first of five volumes submitted to the Maritime Administration in fulfillment of the third phase of a contract signed in April 1971. This volume summarizes the contents and principal findings of the present series; it describes our team's several successful efforts to transfer newfound knowledge to practicing engineers, business managers, and appropriate governmental employees. It describes refinements applied to our earlier work. Finally, it outlines probable future beneficial commercial developments and suggests some areas of research that could best advance those developments. The major topics covered in the present series include Great Lakes transport studies based in part on our own earlier work. Included here are mine-toblast furnace analyses, optimization of fleet make-up, and methods for predicting time .requirements for transiting ice congested areas. The problem of delivering bulk materials to up-river steel mills is treated here as well. Another important series of topics relates to commerce through the St. Lawrence Seaway: influence of ship size on transport economics and energy use, and alternative systems for moving general cargo. We also take up questions of possible environmental damage arising from winter navigation. Finally, we provide a useful compendium of information on costs and weights of dimensionally enlarged bulk carriers.