CONTAINERIZATION: A PANDORA'S BOX IN REVERSE?

The basic premise for the explosive growth of the containerization concept in the mid-1950's was an expected reduction of costs resulting from reduced damage, reduced pilferage, less packaging, simplification in paper work, and simplification in the freight rate systems resulting from a demand-based to a cost-based pricing system. "Traditional" ills found in the field of transportation are present in this development: large capital investment requirements, lack of standardization, uncertainty in the legal sector involving questions of carrier liability, bill-of-lading provisions, and customs inspection, difficulties in the labor-management area due to opposition by labor to containerization, and customer indifference. The ultimate value of the new concept may be as a catalyst that will produce efficiently integrated transportation systems.

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  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Strom, H K
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 46-57
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containerization; Economic conditions; Economic efficiency; Economic impacts; Labor unions; Work rules
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043919
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1974 12:00AM