transport unit References transport unit engineering Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: canals and inland waterways/ Modern waterway engineering…economics are based on the transport unit (x tons moved y miles in 1 person-hour), waterways must provide larger tonnage units than those possible on road or rail in order to be competitive. Read More…economics are based on the transport unit (x tons moved y miles in 1 person-hour), waterways must provide larger tonnage units than those possible on road or rail in order to be competitive. Read More