COMPUTER CONTROLS CONTAINER CARGOES

United States Lines has installed an on-line computer system which can instantaneously pinpoint the location and status of any of USLs 20,000 plus containers. The system keeps an up-to-the-minute record on all data pertaining to container movements and vessel bookings, answers all inquires about equipment or booking status, and updates bills of lading and container historical files. Nerve center of the control operation is an IBM 360/40 computer installed at USL headquarters in New York. IBM 2740 terminals are linked to the computer via direct telephone lines. These terminals are located in the companys cargo forwarding offices in the United States. A company computer service operation in Rotterdam is also tied in with the New York unit. Details are given for the new documentation procedures.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  30 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Publication Date: 1970-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 61 p.
• Serial:
  • Marine Engineering/Log
  • Volume: 75 N
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.
  • ISSN: 0732-5460

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Container handling; Control systems; Driver information systems; Freight documents
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo information systems
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015197
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM