LDC CONTAINER TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECTS 1970/1990

With the great majority of the prime routes between developed market economies now effectively containerised considerable attention is currently being focussed on the potential for containerisation of a variety of smaller volume trades, in particular, those linking various LDC's--in South America, Africa, the Far East, etc.--with North America, Western Europe, Japan, etc. Containerised cargo movements on such routes--via semi-containership/ Ro-Ro-/multi-purpose tonnage--have increased fairly steadily over the past decade, the major constraint to more rapid growth--and, arguably, the introduction of full-blooded fully cellular container services--being the physical inability of ports and inland transport infrastructures to handle large-volume container movements. The study appraises the various factors impinging on containerised trade growth potential country-by-country, analysing the past and potential development of unitized trade, the ship-types employed, port and terminal developments, transport infrastructures, etc. in an attempt to identify and quantify the longer-term prospects for trade growth.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From Container Surveys 1980/81.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cargo Systems Publications Limited

  McMillan House, 54 Cheam Common Road
  Worchester Park, Surrey KT4 8RJ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
  • Publisher: Deutsche Bahn AG

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container terminals; Container traffic; Containerization; Developing countries; Development; Port operations; Ports; Trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Containerized cargo; Trade development
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324731
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1981 12:00AM