| MAY – JUNE 1998 | NUMBER 196 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE: PORTS AND WATERWAYS |
3 Next-Generation Container Vessels
Impacts on Transportation Infrastructure and Operations
10 Evolution of U.S. Water Transportation Data
and Statistics
Responding to 21st-Century User Needs
16 Cleaning Up Contaminated Sediments in the
Nation's Waterways
Study by the National Research Council
21 Sentimental Journey: Reckoning Progress
Across Millennia
Point of View
24 Port Development and Financing
30 Bulk Goes Seamless: Like, Isn't It Intermodal?
Point of View
32 Research Pays Off
Navigation Model Study Improves River Safety of New
Bridge
36 TRB Annual Meeting Highlights
34 Profiles
50 News Briefs 56 Calendar
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