EMERGING CHANGES IN THE CONTAINER REVOLUTION

EMERGING TRENDS IN CONTAINER ECONOMICS AND THE IMPACT OF THESE TRENDS ARE ANALYZED. POTENTIALLY FAVORABLE ECONOMICS OF CONTAINERIZATION, BASED MAINLY ON MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT PRODUCTIVITY, ARE NOT ALWAYS BEING REALIZED. CONTAINER VOLUME ON SEA ROUTES IS GROWING RAPIDLY, AND CONTAINERIZATION IN EUROPE IS ALREADY HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE MOVEMENT OF INLAND TRAFFIC. CONTAINER RAIL SERVICES ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ON THE CONTINENT, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BECOMING COMPETITIVE WITH ROAD FOR ALL BUT SHORT HAULS. IN THE UNITED STATES, IMPORT-EXPORT CONTAINER TRAFFIC WILL GO THROUGH REROUTING CHANGES TOWARD SHORTER LAND ROUTES IF RAILROADS INTRODUCE CONTAINER TRAIN SERVICES SIMILAR TO THOSE BEING INSTALLED IN EUROPE. RAILROADS MUST DEVELOP INLAND CONTAINER TRAIN SERVICES NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON COAST-TO-COAST, LAND-BRIDGE OPERAION, BUT RATHER ON MODERN CONTAINER TRAIN SERVICES WITH EFFICIENT LOW-COST ROAD/RAIL TERMINAL OPERATIONS. THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF CONTAINER TRANSPORT SYSTEMS LIES IN HIGH UTILIZATION OF CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LOW-COST, RAPID TRANSFER BETWEEN MODES AND AT TERMINALS.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1969/281/281-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Freight Transportation Economics and presented at the 48th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Hammond, Robert A
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 10-15
• Monograph Title: Use of containerization in freight transportation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 281
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containerization; Economics; Freight transportation; Handling characteristics; Highway transportation; Intermodal terminals; Ports; Railroad transportation; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201710
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 21 2004 12:00AM