AN OPERATOR'S VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES
At last year's Ro-Ro Conference most emphasis seemed to be placed on that cargo which could be carried on normal road going vehicles or hired heavy duty vehicles, but whatever the mode of transport the cargo was in general house to house. Indeed the feeling "against" pier to pier cargo was quite strong with one concern saying "Ignore it" and another "not wishing to export problems onto an unwilling receiving port complex." Regrettably, these people will find this paper superfluous as it is this "pier to pier" cargo which gives most technical and operational "headaches." There is therefore, attractive revenue in this traffic. In presenting some problems which arise from the carriage of non-containersible "pier to pier" cargoes the paper also provides some solutions. These cargoes either exceed the I.S.O. plan-dimensions premissible load per unit length or they subtend excessive point loadings. The paper also tabulates data which covers the field from Shippers to Suppliers or equipment.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Presented at the Ro-Ro 77 Conference (International Conference on Marine Transport using Roll-on/Roll-off Methods), London, June 21-22, 1977. Cost of Proceedings is $70.00.
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Corporate Authors:
Business Meetings Limited
2 Station Road
Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 1QP, England -
Authors:
- McNicol, M D
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 3-9
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bulk cargo; Cargo handling; Cargo handling equipment; Decks (Ships); Heavy lift vessels; Intermodal terminals; Lashing; Lifting equipment; Roll on roll off shipping
- Old TRIS Terms: Break bulk cargo; Cargo lashing; Heavy lifts; Ro/ro trailers; Stern ramps; Terminal facilities
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00172097
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Business Meetings Limited
- Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM