ABSTRACT
On A p r i l 26, 1968, the top m a n a g e m e n t of M o o r e - M c C o r m a c k Lines r e c e i v e d an i n t e r n a l l y p r o duced 197 01 97 9 c a r g o and p r o f i t a n a l y s i s for f o u r n e w r o l l - o n / r o l l - o f f (also referred to as Ro-Ro) ships ordered in June 1966 and s c h e d u l e d to enter s e r v i c e in 1969. S e v e r a l p r e l i m i n a r y profit studies had been c o m p l e t e d b e fore the ship d e s i g n had been chosen, but the 1968 s t u d y w a s the f i r s t to i n c l u d e c a r g o d a t a f r o m the 1 967 s a i l i n g s .
