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Container logistics and empty container repositioning
Published in Dong-Ping Song, Container Logistics and Maritime Transport, 2021
Among the above benefits, the most significant benefit of containerisation is probably the suitability and capability of containers for door-to-door transportation globally via standardisation and intermodal or multimodal transportation system.
A transitions perspective on coastal sustainability
Published in C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey, Towards Coastal Resilience and Sustainability, 2018
John Morrissey, C. Patrick Heidkamp
Our third vignette represents a former innovation that has reached full maturity and incorporation into the prevailing socio-technical regime: the case of containerisation. Developed in the 1960s, containerisation and the related multi-modal transport of goods have developed rapidly, and have not only become commonplace but have revolutionised economic practices (Rodrigue & Notteboom, 2009). Containers do not only make it easy to load and unload ships, but they also allow for goods to be easily transferred from ships to trains, trucks and even airplanes. Containers stacked on top of one another (e.g. on trains or ships) lead to tremendous financial savings in terms of the economies of scale, the reduction in labour costs, and in terms of environmental sustainability through carbon-cost savings. The world shipping council, for example, states: Container shipping is the most carbon efficient means of transporting most goods across the world…. Containerization has revolutionized the movement of goods and the increased efficiency of moving goods has produced numerous benefits including lower environmental impacts associated with the movement of products from one point to another.(World Shipping Council, 2016, p. 1)
Containerization
Published in Alan E. Branch, Michael Robarts, Branch's Elements of Shipping, 2014
Alan E. Branch, Michael Robarts
Containerization is a method of distributing merchandise in a unitized form thereby promoting an intermodal transport system with possible combinations of rail, road, canal and maritime transport. The system is long established but came more into use in the North American coastal trade in the 1930s, when the vessels were called Van ships. Nowadays, as the benefits of containerization are experienced worldwide generations of container ships have evolved, aiding rising living standards and trade expansion.
Coordination problems in container barging in the port of Rotterdam: an institutional analysis
Published in Transportation Planning and Technology, 2019
Martijn van der Horst, Michiel Kort, Bart Kuipers, Harry Geerlings
Containerisation has led to an increase in international trade of manufactured goods. It has also increased competition between ports (Slack 1993) and put pressure on the use of scarce hinterland infrastructure. Having efficient port-related transport, including infrastructural access to the hinterland and the availability of transport services, is considered to be crucial in today’s competition between ports (cf. Tongzon 2009). Moreover, the use of rail transport and Inland Waterway Transport is seen as a keystone for sustainable development of transport and ports. However, in these intermodal transport chains, efficiency does not always develop spontaneously, because it is characterised by sequential interdependencies, multiple transport modes, different industrial practices and organisational arrangements (Jaffee 2016).
A platform methodology for smart technology within the built environment
Published in Intelligent Buildings International, 2021
J. I. Kinch, K. Diamantides, B. Houlton
The containerisation of services is immensely powerful because it allows technologies and a platform to be developed independently and with no fundamental reliance. This allows for technologies to be delivered as a PoC, and upon proving their value, can be seamlessly integrated into the platform without having to rebuild the PoC or the platform. A physical analogue of this being building a structure out of Lego bricks (the technology PoC) and then simply connecting this to a larger structure of existing Lego blocks (the platform). Containerisation acts as an ultimate mitigation strategy against technology and vendor lock-in and instead provides enormous flexibility in adding or removing technologies and services as needs change.
Port disruption impact on the maritime supply chain: a literature review
Published in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 2020
Vera Wendler-Bosco, Charles Nicholson
Containerization is the name given to the transportation of cargo between different transportation modes through the use of standardized containers, eliminating the need for re-handling its contents (Rickett, 2013). A significant part of the international movement of goods is supported by containerized intermodal transportation and efficient container movement is fundamental for an overall efficient intermodal supply chain. Containerized transportation is also timely, reliable, and economical. Containers transportation equipment are standardized, meaning movements and handling can be performed efficiently. Containers are also considered a safe transportation method in terms of cargo loss and damage (Crainic & Kim, 2007).