Waterborne Freight Transportation: Bottom Line Report
- ISBN-10
- 1560515716
- ISBN-13
- 9781560515715
- Category
- Freight and freightage
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Authors
- Alan Meyers, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Cambridge Systematics
Description
The AASHTO Waterborne Freight Transportation Bottom Line Report presents a comprehensive overview of the United States marine transportation system. It documents the importance of the MTS--ports on three coasts, the Great Lakes, and the inland waterways--to the strength and competitiveness of the nation's economy. The report details the challenges the system faces; and, it offers options to increase investment and better manage the MTS.
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