THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC LOSSES DUE TO UNITIZATION OF CONTAINERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

The authors state that the major steps in their research were to:-1) estimate the future of containerisation; 2) identify and classify losses and damages resulting from container use and estimate these risks in probability and magnitude, and 3) reflect on the means of reducing these risks or protecting against them. They review the development of intermodal containerisation and, having identified major uncertainties, define relevant trends in the evolution of containerised trade to 1988. The third section presents an evaluation of the economic risks associated with containerisation, one part relating to the container itself and the other to the cargo. Section four presents reflections on risk prevention and control. Among the appendices are a glossary of terms, containerised cargo losses statistics from the International Union of Marine Insurance and a short bibliography.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper from the Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Number 13, October 1979, 49 p. Copies of original material available to members at a cost of 0.15 pounds per page, and to non-members at 0.30 pounds per page to include postage. There will be a minimum charge of 1.50 pounds to members and 3.00 pounds to non-members for this service.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Cargo Handling Coordination Assn

  Abford House, 15 Wilton Road
  London SW1V 1LX,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pexier, J P
  • Creswell, D C
  • Davenport, S J
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3
• Serial:
  • Cargo Handling Abstracts
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Cargo Handling Coordination Assn

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Containerization; Containers; Economic analysis; Economics; Freight and passenger traffic; Loss and damage; Risk analysis; Statistics; Unitized cargo
• Old TRIS Terms: Containerized cargo; Economic analysis (Containerized cargo); Intermodal containers; Loss prevention
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311479
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Cargo Handling Coordination Assn
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM