How do we measure the commodity flows of the Sound Toll records

• Yrjö Kaukiainen ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Helsinki

     University of Helsinki

     Helsinki, Finlandia

     
• Localización: International journal of maritime history, ISSN 0843-8714, Vol. 36, Nº. 2, 2024, págs. 325-332
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Werner Scheltjens has estimated the commodity flows through the Sound by converting the original measures of the Sound Toll records into metric tons. The note discusses the merits and problems of this approach. It points out that weight units are not the best parameters from the viewpoint of shipping since the weight of the goods is poorly related to the actual requirement of shipping space.