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SURFACE FREIGHT [1 record]

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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

any realistic assessment of the relative economic advantages of air and -- must rest on a careful examination of the total cost of distribution or transportation (...) by each means of transport.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

pour 1962 on estimait que le trafic mondial de fret représentait environ 18% du trafic aérien total, mais 0,05% seulement de celui transporté par voie de surface.

Spanish

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