Caribbean Short-sea Transport: Its Role, Challenges, and Opportunities |
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... barge arrangements eliminated when the tug , instead of pulling barges , pushes them . For instance , push tug - and - barge systems not only permit turning , breaking and astern maneuvers similar to those of self - propelled vessels ...
... barge arrangements eliminated when the tug , instead of pulling barges , pushes them . For instance , push tug - and - barge systems not only permit turning , breaking and astern maneuvers similar to those of self - propelled vessels ...
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... barges are discharged and loaded . On the Kahului / Kaunakakai service , the tugs tow two barges when departing Honolulu . In passing Kaunakakai the tug drops off one barge for discharge and loading , and continues its voyage to Kahului ...
... barges are discharged and loaded . On the Kahului / Kaunakakai service , the tugs tow two barges when departing Honolulu . In passing Kaunakakai the tug drops off one barge for discharge and loading , and continues its voyage to Kahului ...
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... barges . In normal ULCHS operations , a tug pushes two barges . With over 10 years of operating experience , tug captains and crews are quite pleased with the ULCHS . It has been found that direct contact between tugs and barges , via ...
... barges . In normal ULCHS operations , a tug pushes two barges . With over 10 years of operating experience , tug captains and crews are quite pleased with the ULCHS . It has been found that direct contact between tugs and barges , via ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Caribbean shortsea transport | 7 |
Challenges and opportunities | 22 |
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Annex Antigua and Barbuda Barbados barges Belize cargo volumes Caribbean islands Caribbean ports CARIBBEAN SHORT-SEA SERVICES Caribbean short-sea trades Caribbean short-sea transport CARICOM cellular container CISO coast Containerisation International Yearbook containerized cost cranes Ctpld deep-sea Dominican Republic economic ENGAGED IN CARIBBEAN excess Fairplay International Shipping feeder services feet Florida freight Guyana import and export inter-island services inter-island transport International Shipping Weekly International Yearbook 1984 Jamaica JAMDA JFCSA LO-LO loading and discharge Lucia Matson Matson Navigation Company metres metric tons movements North percent Port of Miami Puerto Rico pushing frame reduced RO-RO RO-RO vessel roll-on/roll-off sail-assisted sails Seatrade self-propelled vessels service frequencies shipowners Shipping Corporation short-sea and inter-island short-sea carriers short-sea operators short-sea transport capacity short-sea vessel operators South America Suriname TABLE TEUS Total trade flows trailers Transport 2000 transport systems transshipment Trinidad and Tobago tug-and-barge systems ULCHS United utilised VESSELS ENGAGED Weekly service WISCO