Transportation Lines On The Great Lakes System Transportation Series 3 1980

Download or read book Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes System; Transportation Series 3; 1980 written by CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORT BELVOIR VA WATER RESOURCES SUPPORT CENTER. and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual revision of Transportation Series Number 3 contains information of the vessel operators and their American flag vessels operating or available for operation on 31 December 1980 on tne Great Lakes System in the transportation of freight and passengers. General ferries; floating equipment used in construction work, as dredges, piledrivers, and flats; fishing vessels; and recreational craft are not included. The Series, which also includes Number 4, Transportation lines on the Mississippi River System and the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway and Number 5, Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, is prepared under authority contained in the River and Harbor Act approved 22 September 1922. The names of the vessel operators are listed alphabetically in Table 1. Each line carries Engineer District number and the name and business address of the operator. Table 2 lists the operators in alphabetical sequence and describes each vessel operated by indicating its net register tonnage, register and overall lengths, register and overall breadths, draft (both loaded and light), horsepower, carrying capacity in short tons or units of cargo and number of passengers, heights of fixed superstructures, cargo handling equipment, vessel operating base, and year built or rebuilt. Table 3 lists the type of service, principal commodities carried, and waterways upon which and the location between which the services are conducted.