SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF CARGO CONTAINERS FOR CARGO SHIPS: UNITED STATES AND WESTERN EUROPE

Contents: Importance of cargo handling to the Merchant Marine; The shipping container in the Maritime Trade; General conclusions of container study; Definition of terms; Scope of report; Influence of rail cars and trucks on container sizes; The American Standards Association; Size of Maritime shipping containers now in service; Size of shipping containers used in land transport; Container studies by steamship companies; Recent technical meetings; United States Army Transportation Corps; Department of the Navy; Container study, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1933; Summary of containers in Western Europe; Standardization in the container industry; International meetings on containers; Census of containers in Western Europe; Sizes of containers; Problem of transfer; Problem of weight; Ownership of containers; Customs regulations and tariffs; Maritime container services in Western Europe; Sizes of American shipping containers; Maritime container regulations of the European Federation of Railways; Regulations of containers for rail traffic of the European Federation of Railways.

• Corporate Authors:

  Work Saving International

  1638 19th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20009
• Publication Date: 1958-8-25

Media Info

• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Cargo handling; Containerization; Containers; Standards
• Old TRIS Terms: Container standards; Containerized cargo
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026114
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: MA-1786
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 1973 12:00AM