Inland Shipping and Water Management Decisions in the Netherlands

Contents: Introduction; Inland Shipping; Shipping Costs; Low-Water Loss Functions; Long-Run Shipping Fleet; Lock Analysis; Impact of Major Network Tactics; Market Analysis; Results and Conclusions; Appendices: Shipping Cost Coefficients; Development of Low Water Loss Functions; Probability of Shipping Losses; Long Run Fleet Model; Highland Lock Analysis Results; Shipping Safety and Accident Analysis; Price and Regulation Tactics; Economic Evaluation of Benefits and Losses.