Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific
Annual since 1957
The Bulletin provides an opportunity for publication of original articles from academics and operators of transport and communications services, from both the developed and developing countries, on a wide range of policies, issues and developments related to transport and communications.
The current issue, No. 66, provides a historical review of road and rail transport in India and a paper offering practical and immediate solutions to traffic problems by maximizing the operational efficiency of traffic regulation, control and management facilities, based on a case study in Madras city in southern India.
produced by: Transport, Communications and Tourism Division
ISSN: 0252-4392
current issue:
| no. 66, 1995 | ST/ESCAP/SER.E/66 | E.96.II.F.22 | US$ 15.00 |
Commercialization of Transport Business Undertakings: Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting on Commercialization and Private Sector Participation in Ports, Related Activities, Dredging and Inland Waterways, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-25 May 1995, 1996. 132 pages
The publication presents a summary of findings, country papers and ESCAP consultancy findings, in addition to three keynote papers: "The function of the Landlord Port"; "Impact of Privatization on Employment Opportunities in the Port Industry"; and "Planning and Rationalization of Port Facilities; the Role of Government".
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| ST/ESCAP/1630 | free |
Computerized Asset Management System - Capital Asset Recording, Depreciation and Revaluation System (CARDARS) Version 2.6: Operating Manual, 1996, [95] pages
This manual provides information on the operation of the capital asset recording, depreciation and revaluation system (CARDARS), designed by the United Nations' ESCAP Transport, Communication and Tourism Division in conjunction with the Port Authority of Thailand, and can be used as a stand-alone system or linked to main frame/mini for use with an integrated financial database.
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| ST/ESCAP/1608 | free |
The Development of Freight Forwarding in the ESCAP Region, 1995, 34 pages
In the area of transport logistics and management, freight forwarding plays an important role in promoting the commercial and economic development of the ESCAP region countries. This monograph reviews the freight forwarding industry in general and focuses in particular on the present status of its development in the region, as well as highlighting some of the more salient common issues and problems confronting the development of the industry.
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| ST/ESCAP/1631 | free |
Maritime Manpower for the Shipping Industry in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1995, 85 pages
The present study takes as its focus seafarers as an essential manpower resource for development of the shipping industry and the marine transport sector in the Asia-Pacific region. Major issues relating to seafarers have shifted in the last several decades away from the concern for welfare, wages and work conditions to their role in maritime mishaps and sea pollution. While there is an urgent need to upgrade the quality of maritime education and training in the developing countries, there is also, this report recommends, the need for forward planning, more government supervision of the maritime workforce and the establishment of a database on the supply and demand for Asian seafarers.
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| ST/ESCAP/1629 | free |
Proceedings of the Subregional Seminar on Formulation of a Regional Policy to Replace Ageing Ships in the Pacific Island Fleets, 14-17 April 1997, Suva, Fuji, 1997, 122 pages
The proceedings includes the conclusions reached by both private and public sector organizations involved in the operation and control of domestic shipping services for 10 South Pacific countries, along with country papers on the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, and four expert papers on ship financing, port and shipping infrastructure, port state control and privatization in inter-island shipping.
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| ST/ESCAP/1814 | free |
Report of the Joint ESCAP-ADB Seminar on the Benefits of Acceding to International Conventions on Land Transport Facilitation for Countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion, Bangkok, 26-29 November 1996, 1997, 29 pages
This monograph reports on third seminar in the series addressing the concerns of the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion in the development of transport infrastructure, and had as its aim assisting policy makers and development planners in examining the implications of accession to the international conventions in ESCAP resolution 48/11 and the ADB study on the mitigation of non-physical barriers to the cross-border movement of goods and people. It also provided the participants from the six GMS member countries with an opportunity to enhance close cooperation in developing guidelines for accession to the conventions.
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| ST/ESCAP/1778 | free |
Report of the Seminar-cum-Study Tour on Management of Maintenance of Locomotive and Rolling Stock, 14-25 September 1995, Changzhou, China, 1995, 38 pages
Railway authorities of the ESCAP region are striving to elevate the safety and performance of their railway operations and at the same time to reduce their maintenance costs. In pursuance of those objectives, the ESCAP secretariat organized the Seminar-cum-Study Tour to provide training for senior railway officials in the use of management information system to monitor the operational performance of locomotives and rolling stock. Included in this monograph are the summary of country and technical papers, plus an overview of the field visits, findings and recommendations.
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| ST/ESCAP/1621 | free |
Report of the Subregional Seminar on the Implications of Accession to Land Transport Facilitation Conventions for Countries of North-East Asia, Bangkok, 8-10 May 1996, 1996, 25 pages
The strong and steady economic growth in the ESCAP region has put a great demand on the development of transport and communications infrastructure, and this in turn led to the adoption of the Commission's resolution 48/11 on road and rail transport modes that was reviewed in a series of subregional seminars. The present seminar, the second in the series, had as its main objective to assist policy makers and development planners from 10 ESCAP North-East Asia and selected neighbouring countries, examines the implications of accession to the resolution in facilitating the measures necessary to the promotion of international trade and tourism.
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| ST/ESCAP/1709 | free |
Trans-Asian Railway Route Requirements: Development of the Trans-Asian Railway in the Indo-China and ASEAN Subregion, Volume 1, Executive Summary, 1996, 34 pages
This report presents the findings of a study for developing and making operational the Trans-Asian Railway in the countries of the ASEAN and "Greater Mekong Area": Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, southern China (Yunnan Province), Myanmar, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam. Included in the study is a review of the development needs, minimum technical standards and requirement, capacity expansion requirements and capital costs to supply the missing Trans-Asian Railway links.
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| ST/ESCAP/1679 | free |
Trans-Asian Railway Route Requirements: Feasibility Study on Connecting Rail, Networks of China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation and the Korean Penninsula, 1996, 138 pages
This monograph and the subsequent one examine the Trans-Asia route requirements of a modern day "silk route" between Asian and Europe, comprising the Asian Highway, the Trans-Asian Railway projects and the facilitation of land transport, as endorsed at ESCAP's forty-eight session in 1992. As part of the Asian land transport infrastructure development (ALTID) project, this feasibility study focuses on connecting the railways of China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation and the Korean peninsula with a view to creating a northern corridor landbridge between Asia and Europe.
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| ST/ESCAP/1663 | free |
Trans-Asian Railway Route Requirements: Preliminary Study on Development of the Trans-Asian Railway in the Southern Corridor of Asia-Europe Routes, 1996, 64 pages
As part of the step-by-step approach to the implementation of the integrated Asian land transport infrastructure development (ALTID) project, the ESCAP secretariat undertook in 1995 a preliminary Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) route requirements study for connecting the rail networks in the SAARC region - Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, with connections to Nepal - and the Islamic Republic of Iran, to create a "TAR Southern Corridor", as reviewed in this monograph
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| ST/ESCAP/1681 | free |