Caribbean Short-sea Transport: Its Role, Challenges, and Opportunities |
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... feet x 8 feet ) uniform cross - section , of nominal lengths from 1 500mm to 12 000mm ( 5 feet to 40 feet ) . Also included in Series 1 are 2 438mm x 2 591mm high ( 8 feet x 8 feet 6 inches ) containers of 6 000mm , 9 000mm and 12 000mm ...
... feet x 8 feet ) uniform cross - section , of nominal lengths from 1 500mm to 12 000mm ( 5 feet to 40 feet ) . Also included in Series 1 are 2 438mm x 2 591mm high ( 8 feet x 8 feet 6 inches ) containers of 6 000mm , 9 000mm and 12 000mm ...
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... feet ) and there is little or no twisting motion , if wave lengths are shorter than the tug and barges -approximately 118 metres ( 387 feet ) - a flapping motion begins that can damage the pushing frame , tug and barges . of The ULCHS ...
... feet ) and there is little or no twisting motion , if wave lengths are shorter than the tug and barges -approximately 118 metres ( 387 feet ) - a flapping motion begins that can damage the pushing frame , tug and barges . of The ULCHS ...
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... feet ) , a breadth of 15.8 metres ( 52 feet ) and a loaded draft of 5.5 metres ( 18 feet ) . To make the vessel as independent as possible from port services , it is fitted with a gantry crane ( see photographs on page 88 of Annex III ) ...
... feet ) , a breadth of 15.8 metres ( 52 feet ) and a loaded draft of 5.5 metres ( 18 feet ) . To make the vessel as independent as possible from port services , it is fitted with a gantry crane ( see photographs on page 88 of Annex III ) ...
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