ENERGY USE IN THE MARINE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY Task I—Industry Summary Final Report, Volume II

摘要

This report covers the first of four tasks of an energy study of ship transportation systems conducted for the Transportation Conservation Division of the U.S. Depart¬ment of Energy (DOE) by Booz, Allen & Hamilton's Transpor¬tation Consulting Division. The objective of each of these tasks is as follows:nTask I - Industry Summary - to define the current marine transportation industry in terms of popu¬lation, activities and energy usenTask II - Regulations and Tariffs - to define the regulatory structure surrounding the marine trans¬portation sector and evaluate the energy use impactnTask III - Efficiency Improvements - to identify conservation-related research and development pro¬grams and evaluate their impacts in terms of costs, energy savings potential and technological risk