Economic, technical and political data in a transportation model determine the capacity of the inland water transport fleet. Economic characteristics of land and water transportation are compared, such as supply and demand relations, diseconomies of scale, investment and government intervention. Some statistics on the Dutch inland water fleet are presented.
In: Economic criteria for determining the capacity a) of goods transport by road; b) of the fleet of inland waterways; with a view to obtaining an optimum balance between supply and demand. Reports of the 11th and 12th Round Table Conference on Transport Economics, Paris, February 4-5, and March 4-5, 1971, p. 43-80, fig., tab.)
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